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Getting up in the morning

Early risers may have inherited faster body clocks from Neanderthals

15 February 2023

Modern humans who have inherited genetic variants related to circadian rhythms from extinct hominins are more likely to be morning people
Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

Chimp evolution was shaped by sex with their bonobo relatives

24 May 2018

Some chimpanzee populations gained useful DNA from interbreeding with bonobos, and one may even have become more gentle and “bonobo-like” in its brain structure and behaviour

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