3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (953+ words) Binghamton anthropologist part of international team that reconstructed 1,000 years of ecological change and human activity image: Scientists lower a hollow metal tube (a freeze core) filled with dry ice and ethanol to collect sediment samples from the lake bottom. Like…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (829+ words) By analyzing sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) samples found preserved in the lake bottom sediment, scientists were able to reconstruct a diverse, high-resolution dataset of the entire ecosystem surrounding the lake – including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi – and map changes over…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (972+ words) By analyzing sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) samples found preserved in the lake bottom sediment, scientists were able to reconstruct a diverse, high-resolution dataset of the entire ecosystem surrounding the lake – including plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi – and map changes over…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1502+ words) A Europe-wide habitat model suggests climate shifts moved Neanderthal refuges without erasing them, while weak links among some regions may have made small populations harder to rescue after local shocks. By Natural History · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 5, 2026 · How…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1163+ words) A global study suggests that climate change was not the main cause of Neanderthal extinction and points to competition with Homo sapiens as the determining factor. An international team of researchers has published a study that questions one of the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (19+ words) Stronger than us, but gone: Why did Neanderthals disappear — and why are they still inside us? ISNA News Agency...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1227+ words) Ancient DNA suggests Jomon people evolved several genetic adaptations for surviving the extreme cold of the Ice Age. Step outside underdressed in January and your body shivers, which is muscle burning fuel to make heat. Underneath that, a second system…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (502+ words) Thousands of overlooked bone scraps are rewriting Neanderthal research...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (372+ words) According to this study, individuals of Eurasian descent owe between 1.8% and 2.6% of their genetic makeup to Neanderthals—a noticeable increase from the previous estimate of between 1.5% and 2.1%. Several newly-sequenced genome areas match segments also found in modern humans. Some are…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (369+ words) Aug 19, 2026, 07:00 AM FR · ES · DE · PT Part of our musculature may still bear traces of encounters that took place tens of thousands of years ago. A Neanderthal version of a growth-related receptor is still present in some humans, especially in…...