Study finds most modern human DNA is shared with ancient human ancestors

Neanderthals have been extinct for an extremely long time, but some modern humans carry genes from Neanderthals. Currently, methods used to detect the Neanderthal genes within the human genome use a pattern of linkage disequilibrium or direct comparison to Neanderthal genomes. The challenge for researchers is that those methods are limited in sensitivity and scalability. A new study has described … Continue reading