Recent scientific studies have shed light on the history of Neanderthals and polar bears. Researchers have found evidence of Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans coexisting in Siberia's Denisova Cave. Additionally, scientists can now identify individual polar bears from skin cells in their pawprints, and late Pleistocene polar bear genomes reveal the timing of allele fixation in genes associated with Arctic adaptation.
An extensive analysis of DNA in the soils of Siberia’s Denisova Cave reveals it hosted Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern humans—possibly at the same time. #ScienceMagArchives https://t.co/fdtqp9QdAa
Molecular fossils study sheds light on feeding strategy shift in ancient life @NatureComms https://t.co/7rEPIa0gr2 https://t.co/jGRg4DGX9v
What Exactly Happened to The Neanderthals and Why Did They Go Extinct? ⤵️ https://t.co/7yMt5OW8vu
Late Pleistocene polar bear genomes reveal the timing of allele fixation in key genes associated with Arctic adaptation https://t.co/U4co3J1RK5
Scientists can now identify individual polar bears from the DNA of skin cells left in their snowy pawprints. https://t.co/3i48zZcM4F
Neanderthals are Homo sapiens’s closest-known relative, and today we know we rubbed shoulders with them for thousands of years, up until the very end of their long reign some 40,000 years ago. https://t.co/vB9dkJJAtb