Siberian caves provide genetic insights into Neandertha... - Daily Maverick

Siberian caves provide genetic insights into Neandertha... - Daily Maverick
Bone and tooth remnants from two Siberian caves are helping scientists for the first time decipher the social organisation of our cousins the Neanderthals through genetic sleuthing, including on the remains of a father and his teenage daughter.
Researchers on Wednesday described genomic findings from the remains of 13 Neanderthals – 11 from Chagyrskaya cave and two from Okladnikov cave in the Altai Mountains of Russia – in one of the larges… [+3591 chars] Read More



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