A new study suggests that Neanderthals experienced a dramatic loss of genetic variation during the course of their evolution, foreshadowing their eventual extinction. Examination of semicircular ...

Genetic variation describes the genotypic and phenotypic differences between individuals in a population, and between populations. This variation arises through genetic mutation and is important ...

A recent study compared features of Neanderthals' inner ears across space and time to extrapolate what happened to them tens ...

The extinction of the Neanderthals is one of the most intriguing mysteries in paleoanthropology, with researchers speculating ...

A study of the inner ear bones of Neanderthals shows a significant loss of diversity in their shape around 110,000 years ago, ...

Neanderthals Likely Went Extinct as They Lost Their Genetic Diversity Over Time, Being Racially Exclusive For over 250,000 ...

“The development of the inner ear structures is known to be under very tight genetic control, since they are fully formed at the time of birth,” said Quam. “This makes variation in the ...

Kathleen Folbigg, who was wrongly convicted over the deaths of her children, says genetic testing should be bolstered to ...

Groundbreaking research finds that Neanderthals experienced a severe population crash 110,000 years ago, challenging past ...

The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will host a webinar titled “Genetic Insights into the ...

Cornell researchers found that genetic variation in AMY1, a starch-digesting gene, alters oral bacteria composition, ...