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News Release 14-017
Neanderthals' genetic footprints are evident in humans of today
Modern humans inherited Neanderthal DNA affecting disease risk and cold-weather tolerance
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Artwork by Karen Carr depicting a facial reconstruction of a Neanderthal.
Credit: Karen Carr Studios for Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution
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The toe bone from the Altai Mountains that produced the genome sequence used to find segments of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans.
Credit: Bence Viola, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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