The paleoneurologist Emiliano Bruner and the archaeologist Sileshi Semaw, both from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), have published a paper
Month: April 2023
Human-specific genetics: new tools to explore the molecular and cellular basis of human evolution
Abstract Our ancestors acquired morphological, cognitive and metabolic modifications that enabled humans to colonize diverse habitats, develop extraordinary technologies and reshape the biosphere. Understanding the
Eastern Africa’s oldest human fossils are more ancient than we realized
Ash traced back to an Ethiopian volcano suggests the remains are at least 233,000 years old. Ethiopia’s Kibish Formation was home to some of the
One pedigree we all may have come from – did Adam and Eve have the chromosome 2 fusion?
Background In contrast to Great Apes, who have 48 chromosomes, modern humans and likely Neandertals and Denisovans have and had, respectively, 46 chromosomes. The reduction
Exploring blood types of Neanderthal and Denisovan individuals
An analysis of the blood types of one Denisovan and three Neanderthal individuals has uncovered new clues to the evolutionary history, health, and vulnerabilities of
Many people have a little Neandertal in the brain. Does it matter?
Research has started to show the ways that introgressed genes from Neandertals affect brain shape in living people. A decade ago ancient DNA revealed that
Lucy’s Feet Were Arched and Stiff, Just Like Ours
How did Lucy walk? Although the famous 3.2-million-year-old skeleton shows that she was undoubtedly an upright walker, our incomplete knowledge of her feet has fed
More African Genomes are Being Sequenced to Increase the Diversity of Genomic Data
About 30 million or so people have had their DNA sequenced in the 20 years after the first human genome was decoded. Yet, only of
Neanderthal genes helped our ancestors adjust to ‘Winter Time’
A group of American researchers have found evidence that genes derived from Neanderthals helped ancient people adapt to a new light regime in Eurasia, different
Neanderthals, Denisovans, And Modern Humans Might Have Intermingled
The Southern Caspian Corridor may have been a human hotspot. The presence of archaic genes within the modern human genome tells us that Homo sapiens once interbred with