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Reconstruction of a Neanderthal family in the Neanderthal Museum in Croatia. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The encounter between Neanderthals and modern man as told by their genomes

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Monks in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Genomic study of ancient human remains sheds light on human evolution at the Tibetan plateau

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Beginning 4,500 years ago, three very different Tibetan populations occupied the northeastern, south-central, and southern and southwestern regions of the plateau, but they carry a common gene that allows them to function in high, low-oxygen areas. This gene may have come from Denisovan man
A map showing the trade network of the Radhans - a guild of Jewish merchants, 870 AD as depicted according to the impressions of Ibn Kahordadeva in the book of the Roads and Kingdoms. From Wikipedia

Ashkenazim on the Silk Road

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A genome sequence from 225 Ethiopians and Egyptians led to the fact that the exit from Africa was made through Egypt and from there humans spread to all of Eurasia. Illustration: Luca Pagani.

Genomes of Ethiopians and Egyptians help map the migration routes of humanity out of Africa

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genetic research. Illustration: shutterstock

Historical events were preserved in the human genome

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Barack Obama versus Mitt Romney - the candidates for the US presidency in the 2012 elections

Forum - the election garden

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Prof. Naim Shahada (left) and Dr. Gal Neuman at the Rambam clinic. Photo: Piotr Plitar.

Sons ate unripe, the teeth of fathers will be priests

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Drosophila melanogaster - say from now on: Sophophora melanogaster. Photography: André Karwath aka

A proposal to reorganize the fruit fly genus - Drosophila may remove its most famous member

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DNA

Israeli and American researchers have identified a region in the DNA that contains a common genetic factor that increases the risk of kidney disease

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A new study reveals: the genetic structure of Jews and Arabs is almost identical

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