When modern humans journeyed out of Africa, a rapid evolution in their red blood cells may have helped them survive — but it may have also led to the eventual disappearance of Neanderthals, a new ...

An analysis of the blood types of one Denisovan and three Neanderthal individuals has uncovered new clues to the evolutionary history, health, and vulnerabilities of their populations. Silvana ...

Discovering two Neanderthals with type O blood could suggest that this type was most prevalent, says John Hawks, a biological anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

A group of scientists has found clues in blood groups that explain how modern humans managed to survive and expand from Africa to the rest of the world. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, ...

When modern humans journeyed out of Africa, a rapid evolution in their red blood cells may have helped them survive — but it may have also led to the eventual disappearance of Neanderthals, a new ...

Researchers have discovered correlations between Neanderthal DNA and 12 different health conditions, including depression, heart attack, and blood disorders.

The researchers sampled 52 tissues in the body. All of them showed no preference for the human-pattern or Neanderthal-pattern gene expression — except two, the brains and the testes.

For this research, the team sequenced the genes of three groups of hominids: Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens. Their goal was to study the antigens present on the surface of red blood cells, ...

The Neanderthal to whom the tooth belonged was probably a carnivore. Other chemical tracers indicate that this individual did not consume the blood of their prey, but ate the bone marrow without ...