US EditionWhat if a Simple Genetic Mutation Sealed the Fate of the Neanderthals and the Denisovians?
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By comparing our genome with those of our Neanderthalan and Denisovian ancestors, researchers have identified a key difference in the expression of adenylosuccinate lyase (ADSL), an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of purine, one of the fundamental elements of DNA. This difference would cause behavioural changes that could have contributed to our evolutionary success and perhaps explain why our Neanderthalan and Denisovian ancestors have disa…
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