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Neanderthal’s Dying Out For a Second Time, Our Genome
The Neanderthals disappeared about 30,000 years ago, but little pieces of them live on in the form of DNA sequences scattered through the modern human
The Neanderthals disappeared about 30,000 years ago, but little pieces of them live on in the form of DNA sequences scattered through the modern human
A genetic mutation may have helped modern humans adapt to smoke exposure from fires and perhaps even sparked an advantage over Neanderthals and other competitors.