Neanderthals Did Not Totally Vanish From Earth, They Became Part Of The Modern Human Population

Neanderthals Did Not Totally Vanish From Earth, They Became Part Of The Modern Human Population

Perhaps our sister species did not have a dramatic, definite end.

Researchers Examine Neanderthal DNA to Gain Insights into Human Facial Development and Evolution

Research led by scientist Hannah Long at the University of Edinburgh has found that specific regions of Neanderthal DNA are more effective at activating genes responsible for jaw development than those in humans, potentially explaining why Neanderthals had larger lower jaws. Neanderthal. Image credit: Natural History Museum Trustees. “With the Neanderthal genome being 99.7% identical [...] The post Researchers Examine Neanderthal DNA to Gain Ins…

Neanderthal DNA sheds new light on the structure of the modern human face

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right moment. A new study suggests that part of that story reaches far back into the past, where a few tiny DNA differences in Neanderthals may have helped carve their powerful jaws. Those same differences now offer a window into how subtle changes in our own genetic wiring influence the shape of the human face. A Clue in a Regu…

Researchers Using Neanderthal DNA to Learn More About How Human Faces Develop and Evolve

University of Edinburgh scientist Hannah Long and colleagues show how a region of Neanderthal DNA is better at activating a jaw-forming gene than the human counterpart, revealing one potential reason for Neanderthal’s larger lower jaws. The post Researchers Using Neanderthal DNA to Learn More About How Human Faces Develop and Evolve appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.