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Analysis of human accelerated DNA regions using archaic hominin genomes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Several previous comparisons of the human genome with other primate and vertebrate genomes identified genomic regions that are highly conserved in vertebrate evolution but fast-evolving on the human lineage.
Hernán A Burbano +9 more
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Metabolism Controls the Timing of Human Brain Development and Maturation
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, Volume 49, Issue 3, May 2026.ABSTRACT Among primates the human brain is the largest in size, exhibiting a higher neuronal density and connectivity. The prolonged expansion and subsequent connectome reorganization of the human brain have been suggested to promote higher cognitive and behavioral abilities.
Valentina Rava +3 more
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Ancient fossil specimens of extinct species are genetically more distant to an outgroup than extant sister species are [PDF]
, 2008 There exists a remarkable correlation between genetic distance and time of species divergence as inferred from fossil records. This observation has provoked the molecular clock hypothesis.
Shi Huang
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Morphology, pathology, and the vertebral posture of the La Chapelle-aux-Saints Neandertal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Significance Fully upright and balanced posture is one of the hallmarks of humanity, and it has long been seen as present among all members of the genus Homo.
M. Haeusler +6 more
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Origins and Evolution of Imagination, From Australopithecus to Modern‐Day Deep Learning
WIREs Cognitive Science, Volume 17, Issue 3, May/June 2026.From Australopithecus to deep learning, this update traces how imaginative generativity, vivid mental imagery, and recombines memory into novel scenarios that evolved as a survival engine shaping consciousness, culture, and even today's AI. ABSTRACT Where does imagination come from?
Kiranpreet K. Sidhu +2 more
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Determination of linkage disequilibrium region suggests association of the ancient haplotype, hX with neural function [PDF]
, 2011 Modern human populations are known to contain "ancient haplotypes" that originated from archaic humans by hybridization. Some of them had been reported before the development of human genomic diversity databases, such as HapMap. Consequently,
Makoto Shimada, Tsutomu Kanasashi
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Evidence for precision grasping in Neandertal daily activities
Science Advances, 2018 Contrary to common assumptions, Neandertal habitual behavior relied mainly on manual precision rather than brute grip force. Neandertal manual activities, as previously reconstructed from their robust hand skeletons, are thought to involve systematic ...
F. A. Karakostis +3 more
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Archaic mitochondrial DNA inserts in modern day nuclear genomes
, 2019 Traces of interbreeding of Neanderthals and Denisovans with modern humans in the form of archaic DNA have been detected in the genomes of present-day human populations outside sub-Saharan Africa.
Bücking, R. +5 more
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American Journal of Human Genetics, 2016 Pathogens and the diseases they cause have been among the most important selective forces experienced by humans during their evolutionary history. Although adaptive alleles generally arise by mutation, introgression can also be a valuable source of ...
M. Dannemann, A. Andrés, J. Kelso
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