Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks ...
A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.
A new study shows that our ability to digest carbs long predates the agricultural revolution, and even Neanderthals had ...
Research shows some African populations have almost no Neanderthal DNA, while those from European or Asian backgrounds have 1 ...
That study, in the journal Nature, suggested that humans acquired more copies of amylase genes with the arrival of ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have identified a variant in the gene TBX1 as key in the development ... The insights gleaned from their ... Neanderthals and Humans Lived Side by Side in Northern ...
It was a new species of hominin, now known as Denisovans, who were the first human cousins identified only by their DNA.
Researchers have found that the gene for starch-digesting saliva may have first duplicated more than 800,000 years ago.
Humanity’s love of carbohydrates started 800,000 years ago when cavemen developed genes to break down starchy food, a study ...