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Late Northwestern Neanderthals Had Healthy Genomes, Complicating How They Disappeared

A June 24 Nature paper finds strong diversity and little modern‑human ancestry in Belgian and French Neanderthals, which weakens the idea that genetic decline drove their local loss.

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Genome Survey Finds African Elephants Largely Healthy, Isolated Herds at Genetic Risk

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Genetic Study Points to Human Reintroduction of Nutria in California From Oregon

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Pyrenees Brown Bears Reach 108 as Watchdog Warns of Rising Inbreeding

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Japan’s Tokara Leaf Warbler Recognized as New Species on Genetic and Song Evidence

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Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

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158 Hybrid Tortoises Released on Floreana in Major Rewilding Step

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Ancient DNA Study Traces Britain’s Bell Beaker Migrants to Rhine–Meuse Wetlands

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Bristol Bay Belugas Swap Mates Across Years, Preserving Genetic Diversity

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Genome Survey Finds Heartworm Evolved With Wild Canids, Forming Regional Lineages

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USP Study Finds Brazil’s Supercentenarians Hold Unique Genetic Clues to Extreme Longevity

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Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

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Humans Rank Seventh in New Mammal Monogamy Study, Below Beavers and Above Meerkats

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Ancient Genomes Recast Cat Domestication: Europe’s Housecats Arrived From North Africa in Roman Times

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New Model Recasts Neanderthal 'Extinction' as Genetic Absorption Into Modern Humans

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Study Finds 106-Square-Meter Cave Web on Albania–Greece Border Hosting About 110,000 Spiders

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Nature Study Finds 8,500-Year-Old Ancestry in Central Argentina That Endures Today

Population Genetics

Late Northwestern Neanderthals Had Healthy Genomes, Complicating How They Disappeared

Scottish Island Wrens Show Gigantism and Genetic Isolation

Study Recasts Post-Rome Europe as Integration, Not Invasion

New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Genome Survey Finds African Elephants Largely Healthy, Isolated Herds at Genetic Risk

Genetic Study Points to Human Reintroduction of Nutria in California From Oregon

Pyrenees Brown Bears Reach 108 as Watchdog Warns of Rising Inbreeding

Japan’s Tokara Leaf Warbler Recognized as New Species on Genetic and Song Evidence

Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

158 Hybrid Tortoises Released on Floreana in Major Rewilding Step

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Population Genetics

Ancient DNA Study Traces Britain’s Bell Beaker Migrants to Rhine–Meuse Wetlands

Bristol Bay Belugas Swap Mates Across Years, Preserving Genetic Diversity

Genome Survey Finds Heartworm Evolved With Wild Canids, Forming Regional Lineages

USP Study Finds Brazil’s Supercentenarians Hold Unique Genetic Clues to Extreme Longevity

Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

Humans Rank Seventh in New Mammal Monogamy Study, Below Beavers and Above Meerkats

Ancient Genomes Recast Cat Domestication: Europe’s Housecats Arrived From North Africa in Roman Times

New Model Recasts Neanderthal 'Extinction' as Genetic Absorption Into Modern Humans

Study Finds 106-Square-Meter Cave Web on Albania–Greece Border Hosting About 110,000 Spiders

Nature Study Finds 8,500-Year-Old Ancestry in Central Argentina That Endures Today

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