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Let’s learn about Neandertals
Neandertals are an extinct species closely related to modern humans. They made tools and jewelry, controlled fires and cared for their sick.
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Neandertals are an extinct species closely related to modern humans. They made tools and jewelry, controlled fires and cared for their sick.
Svante Pääbo figured out how to examine the genetic material from these hominid ‘cousins’ of modern humans.
The genomes of salamanders are bloated with genetic “parasites.” That extra DNA slows down their lives and strands them in perpetual childhood.
Loss of 13 genes active in other bats could support the vampires’ blood-eating strategies and adaptations.
Doctor Erica Esrick discusses existing treatments and an ongoing clinical trial for a gene therapy to treat sickle cell disease.
Gene mutations can alter an individual’s hemoglobin in ways that curl their blood cells. This can cause painful sickle cell disease.
Scientists are using genetic engineering and cloning to try to bring back extinct species or save endangered ones. Here’s how and why.
A 1,000-year-old grave in Finland, once thought to hold a respected woman warrior, may belong to someone who didn’t have a strictly male or female identity.
When viruses become more infectious or better able to survive the body’s immune system, they become a type of variant known as a strain.
One key mutation may have helped the virus behind COVID-19 better infect human cells.