Modern Africans have an average of 17 megabases of Neanderthal DNA in their genomes, according to an analysis published today (January 30) in Cell. While that’s still quite a bit less than the 50-plus ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

"We can identity Neanderthal elements and Denisovan elements" in the DNA of some people alive today, said Tsutaya. Scientists still don't know exactly why Denisovans went extinct. "We have so ...

Yet, the question persists: How much Neanderthal DNA do we, as modern humans, carry? Exploring this question offers a deeper ...

“And what’s really exciting is that even though there was this broader scope of traits that was considered, they point to effects of Neanderthal DNA on similar systems to what’s been seen previously.” ...

Neanderthal DNA lingers on in human beings today. A lot of human beings today possess a small amount of Neanderthal genes.

The research used genetic sleuthing to offer a rare snapshot of Neanderthal family dynamics — including a father and his teenage daughter who lived together in Siberia more than 50,000 years ago.

However, from generation to generation, via a process known as genetic recombination, these stretches of DNA were broken up and shuffled around. Neanderthal DNA was generally "deleterious" to ...