Genetics

World’s Oldest Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Child Discovered

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World's Oldest Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Child Discovered

The year is 2025, and history’s tapestry has just been rewoven with a thread spun from an extraordinary discovery. Deep within the earth, scientists have unearthed the fossilized remains of a child, a being who walked the planet approximately 40,000 years ago. But this is no ordinary prehistoric child. This is Oase 1, a name … Read more

Did a Single Genetic Mutation Make Horses Rideable?

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Did a Single Gene Mutation Make Horses Rideable? The Genetic Key

For millennia, humans and horses existed as separate entities on the vast plains of Eurasia. Humans hunted them, admired their speed, perhaps even felt a primal fear of their untamed power. But the idea of riding them, of harnessing that power for travel, for conquest, for the very fabric of civilization, remained a distant dream. … Read more