The 1-3 percent of the Neanderthal genome that survives in modern humans likely helped early homo sapiens adapt to cold Europe by conferring a thicker skin, researchers said Wednesday. It may also have transferred a genetically higher risk for diabetes…
Neanderthals Helped Thick-Skinned Humans
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