Complete Neanderthal genome sequenced
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 07:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers have produced the first whole genome sequence of the 3 billion letters in the Neanderthal genome, and the initial analysis suggests that up to 2 percent of the DNA in the genome of present-day humans outside of Africa originated in Neanderthals or in Neanderthals' ancestors...