Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. The discovery in 2010 that early humans and Neanderthals had once interbred was a scientific bombshell. It revealed a genetic legacy that has since been found to play a role in modern humans’ lives, affecting… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. It was revealed that the fossilized ear bone found in a cave in Spain belonged to a Neanderthal child who lived with Down syndrome until the age of 6. The findings suggested that community members… Read More »
Modern humans have small amounts of Neanderthal DNA, and these genes still influence our health today. Scientists think they have figured out when the two groups began to interbreed and exchange DNA. The results could help scientists understand how Neanderthal genes evolved in humans over thousands of years. We may view Neanderthals as ancient and… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. 75,000 years ago, a woman in her 40s was buried in a cave and left to rest in a hole that could accommodate her body. His left hand was folded under his head, and a… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. 75,000 years ago, a woman in her 40s was buried in a cave and left to rest in a hole that could accommodate her body. His left hand was folded under his head, and a… Read More »
Researchers unearthed ancient human bone fragments from the Ilsenhöhle cave in Ranis, Germany.Tim Schüler / TLDA Human bones from a German cave that housed Homo Sapiens in Europe were discovered 7,500 years earlier than experts thought. The findings show that Homo sapiens lived near Neanderthals for millennia, which is a new discovery. Previously, scientists thought… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Microscopic protein and DNA fragments obtained from bones discovered in 8-meter-deep cave soil revealed that Neanderthals and humans probably lived side by side in Northern Europe until 45,000 years ago. Genetic analysis of fossils found… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Microscopic protein and DNA fragments obtained from bones discovered in 8-meter-deep cave soil revealed that Neanderthals and humans probably lived side by side in Northern Europe until 45,000 years ago. Genetic analysis of fossils found… Read More »