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‘A History of Contact’: Geneticists Rewrite the Story of Neanderthals and Other Early Humans

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Detection of modern human-to-Neanderthal gene flow (H→N) and its consequences. Modern human-to-Neanderthal admixture causes a local increase in heterozygosity in the Neanderthal genome, a feature that enabled approaches to quantify and detect introgressed sequences. We used modern human-introgressed sequences in the Neanderthal genome to refine estimates of Neanderthal ancestry in contemporary humans by decomposing IBDmix-detected … Read more

Rapidly cooling weird creatures rewrite the physics of neutron stars

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Neutron stars are among the densest objects in the universe. The material inside them is so tightly compressed that scientists don’t yet know what shape it takes. The core of a neutron star may be a thick soup of quarks, or it may contain exotic particles that could not survive anywhere else in the universe. … Read more

“Major” archaeological developments could help rewrite early human history

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A researcher examining a Neanderthal hearth

An innovative technique used in a study of Neanderthal hearths – places where fires started – has been described by researchers as a ‘major’ development in archaeology, one that could help shed light on the behavior of prehistoric people. For a study published in the journal Naturean interdisciplinary team of researchers has discovered that a … Read more