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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Neanderthals

A UK health study has collected a whopping 100,000 full-body scans, and Neanderthals had ‘family recipes’

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Ancient human DNA is like a ‘time machine’. Geneticist David Reich unpacks how it affects modern man

Reich’s latest work has unlocked origins of the Indo-European family of languages. DNA evidence shows that these 'linguistic pioneers' came from current-day Russia 6,500 years ago.

Homo sapiens and Neanderthals didn’t just share space and time. They interbred, exchanged ideas

While new studies have reinforced the idea of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens admixture in Europe, the picture in South Asia regarding Homo sapiens’ relationship with Denisovans remains unclear.

3 asteroid clans behind 70% of Earth’s meteorites & how Neanderthals may have craved carbs too

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Fossil of extinct human species Denisovan identified in Tibetan plateau, their diet pattern revealed

A Nature study shows that researchers identified a bone as being Denisovan & analysed other mammalian bones found at the site to find that the ancient humans fed on & processed these bones.

Neanderthals ate roasted crabs, reveal remains from paleolithic meals 

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‘Countless’ interstellar objects found at edge of solar system & how bacteria make electricity

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Why 50% Indians will be happy to have some Neanderthal DNA. Hint: It has to do with Covid

Researchers in Germany, Japan find that nearly half the Indian population has inherited a DNA sequence from Neanderthals that is believed to reduce risk of severe disease due to Covid. 

30% South Asians have Neanderthal gene that increases risk of severe Covid-19: Study

The study by Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology shows the gene was present in a Neanderthal who lived in Croatia 50,000 years ago.

Canadian start-up predicted Coronavirus outbreak in China back in December

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On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.