Did humans and Neanderthals coexist in Europe?
Published in The Hindu on May 12, 2011 How long back did the last of the Neanderthals walk in some parts of Europe, and for how long did they live…
Category: Neanderthal
Editorial: Hyping up science
Published in The Hindu on January 13, 2011 Science when hyped loses credibility. Two separate incidents in a span of three weeks show how scientists who hype up and sensationalise…
Editorial: Neanderthal genes in us
Published in The Hindu on May 15, 2010 Did Neanderthals and modern humans interbreed? While several methods, including the study of mitochondrial DNA of Neanderthals, failed to resolve this longstanding…
New species in human’s family tree found
Published in The Hindu on March 25, 2010 A team of scientists has successfully sequenced mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of a hominin who had lived in the Altai Mountain region of…
Editorial: A giant leap in sequencing Neanderthal genome
Published in The Hindu on February 25, 2009 The successful completion of a rough draft of the Neanderthal genome — this is the first time that a genome of an…
Unlocking the secrets of human evolution
Published in The Hindu on February 19, 2009 Preliminary study of the Neanderthal genome reveals many thousands of differences between the two closest relatives The genetic makeup of chimpanzees and…
