Likewise, autistic children often activate visual areas more intensely when solving mathematical problems compared to non-autistic peers. This overlap between ancient genes and modern cognitive traits ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, they uncovered a living legacy inside most people alive today. A small but ...

Somewhere between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago, the ancestors of modern East Asians interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans ...

Neanderthals died out some 30,000 years ago, but their genes live on within many of us. African people have very little Neanderthal DNA because their ancestors didn't make the trip through Eurasia, ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Researchers detect a genetic contribution from East Asia rather than Europe as they discover 3 to 3.8 percent Neanderthal DNA from the remains of three people, who lived roughly 45,000 years ago.

Model of an adult Neanderthal male in the Hall of Human Origins in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Source: Wikimedia Commons by Tim Evanson (Flickr: http ...

“The Neanderthals’ extinction has been, according to modern biological anthropologists, greatly exaggerated.” (Geher et al., 2017) While my students and I, who comprise the New Paltz Evolutionary ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...