A 55,000-year-old skeleton suggests Neanderthal babies grew faster than ours

A recent study published in Current Biology examined the skeleton known as Amud 7, an infant Neanderthal discovered in Amud Cave in northern Israel. Dental evidence indicates the child was about 6 ...
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Putting this Neanderthal gene in mouse cells helped them grow. It seems to make modern humans bigger and more muscular too

After gathering a bunch of mouse cells in the lab, scientists genetically tweaked them to produce a Neanderthal variant of a signaling protein. They discovered that it responded more strongly to ...
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Neanderthal DNA still influences muscle in modern humans

A Neanderthal gene variant carried by many people in South Asia is linked to about 9.5 extra ounces of muscle in adults.
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Neanderthal Gene Linked to Enhanced Muscle Growth

Neanderthal Gene Linked to Enhanced Muscle Growth Study Links Ancient Variant to Height, Muscle Mass, and Jaw Traits in Modern Humans ...
New Scientist

What the remains of the last Neanderthals tell us about their demise

An isolated population of Neanderthals is shedding new light on their species’ final days. Palaeoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak takes us inside the cave where they lived and died ...
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Prehistoric cave discoveries hint at shared culture between Neanderthals and humans

Ancient DNA revealed that our species, Homo sapiens, once interbred with Neanderthals, but what was the nature of those Stone Age encounters tens of thousands of years ago? Discoveries unearthed in a ...
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Early risers may have inherited a faster body clock from Neanderthals

(CNN) — Early risers may have inherited genetic variants from Neanderthals that increased their odds of being morning rather than evening people, new research has found. While the human body clock is ...