DNA grants a glimpse of Neanderthal family life
Work from the lab of Svante Paabo doubles the number of known Neanderthal genomes
Fresh from his award a couple of weeks ago of a Nobel prize for his work on the DNA of early human species, including Neanderthals, Svante Paabo (or, more accurately, he and a group of his acolytes) have just published in Nature one of the biggest genetic studies yet of that species.
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October 22nd 2022
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