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Neandertal Growth Hormone Receptor Linked to Small Increases in Muscle and Height

Stronger growth-hormone signaling from the Neandertal receptor produces small adult differences in muscle, height, and jaw shape.

New ARG Method Finds ‘Ghost’ and Super‑Archaic Hominin DNA in All Humans

Neanderthals Planned Seasonal Shellfish Harvests 115,000 Years Ago, Study Finds

140,000-Year-Old Skhul Child Shows Mixed Traits, Pointing to Early Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding