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- Many of us carry Neanderthal genes. What is this rogue DNA doing? http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151116-what-did-the-neanderthals-do-for-us 2 comments
- Africans carry surprising amount of Neanderthal DNA https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/africans-carry-surprising-amount-neanderthal-dna 27 comments worldnews
- Africans carry surprising amount of Neanderthal DNA https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/africans-carry-surprising-amount-neanderthal-dna 40 comments science
- Do You Carry Neanderthal DNA? The Shape of Your Skull May Tell. https://www.livescience.com/64296-neanderthal-dna-human-skull-shape.html 3 comments anthropology
- We carry DNA from extinct cousins like Neanderthals. Science is now revealing their genetic legacy https://apnews.com/article/neanderthals-denisovans-genetics-dna-disease-e49cb7d939cfe5d583e7ed0af8751784 11 comments anthropology
- Genetic analysis of the 47,000-year-old remains of a man unearthed in Russia shows he carried DNA from three distinct groups of modern humans, as well about one percent more Neanderthal DNA than today’s Europeans and Asians. http://www.archaeology.org/news/2692-141107-kostenki-european-dna 5 comments science
- Study posits that a strand of DNA, passed on from Neanderthals to modern humans, triples the risk of developing severe Covid-19. The genetic endowment, a legacy from more than 50,000 years ago, has left about 16% of Europeans and half of south Asians today carrying these genes. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/sep/30/neanderthal-genes-increase-risk-of-serious-covid-19-study-claims 4 comments science
- Neanderthal Y chromosome DNA is missing from modern humans. New analysis suggests a new theory explaining the absence "a woman's immune system might attack a male foetus carrying Neanderthal versions of these genes". Consistent miscarriage would explain the missing Neanderthal Y chromosome DNA. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35992612 420 comments science
- Scientists identified a specific gene variant that protects against severe COVID-19 infection. Individuals with European ancestry carrying a particular DNA segment -- inherited from Neanderthals -- have a 20 % lower risk of developing a critical COVID-19 infection. https://news.ki.se/protective-gene-variant-against-covid-19-identified 1707 comments science
- Our 1st sex with Neanderthals happened 100,000 yrs ago - It was a 2-way street. Many carry Neanderthal DNA due to cross-species liaisons. Now it seems some Neanderthals carried our DNA too. “1 chunk of modern DNA found in Neanderthals was inside a gene linked to language development.” https://www.newscientist.com/article/2077805-our-first-sex-with-neanderthals-happened-100000-years-ago/ 166 comments worldnews