Neanderthals Archives

Did Ancients Humans Spend the Winters in Hibernation? New Study Suggests They Did 0
- Flash News
- December 23, 2020
Fossils found in Spain suggest that our human predecessors may have hibernated in the winter. Bones collected in Spain’s northern region of Atapuerca show a pattern similar to hibernating animals’ bones. Scientists Antonis Bartsiokas and Juan-Luis Arsuaga examined skeletal evidence from Neanderthals and modern humans (Homo heidelbergensis) to find traces of hyperparathyroidism (over-secretion of the
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New DNA Sequencing Method Helps Unravel Mystery of Human Species 0
- Design & Technology, DNA and Proteins
- September 21, 2012
What is it that makes humans so successful as a species compared to our forebears like the Neanderthals or the other extinct human species? A few weeks ago an international group of scientists described a ground-breaking new method of sequencing DNA that makes it possible to gain as complete a genetic mapping of beings that
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