Tag: Neanderthals
Very sick from Covid-19? It’s the Neanderthals’ fault!
News Published on 08/10/2023 at 11:44 am Updated 08/10/2023 at 11:44 am Reading 2 mins. A prior infection by another virus, the cytomegalovirus, but also the genetic diversity of human…
Viking disease due to genes inherited from Neanderthals
News Published on 06/15/2023 at 1:26 p.m. Updated 06/15/2023 at 1:26 p.m. Reading 1 min. For the first time, a study explains why Dupuytren’s disease is more common in Northern…
Homo sapiens and Neanderthals: one produces more neurons than the other
Changing a single amino acid in a protein can have significant effects. By this means, the production of neurons would be more important in the frontal lobe during the development…
Neanderthal genes may protect against HIV
A genetic locus inherited from Neanderthals has been identified as a risk factor for severe Covid-19 in 2020. According to a scientist from the Max Planck Institute, the same genetic…
Neanderthal genes, which increase the risk of Covid-19, would protect against HIV
A genetic locus inherited from Neanderthals has been identified as a risk factor for severe Covid-19 in 2020. According to a scientist from the Max Planck Institute, the same genetic…
Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred earlier in Europe!
If they were contemporary and hybridized, the cultural links between H. sapiens and H. neanderthalensis remain fragmented. A recent study reports the discovery of a French cave in which representatives…
Homo sapiens and Neanderthals crossed paths earlier than we thought in Europe!
If they were contemporary and hybridized, the cultural links between H. sapiens and H. neanderthalensis remain fragmented. A recent study reports the discovery of a French cave in which representatives…