Was blood a factor in the demise of the Neanderthals? New research is showing that Homo sapiens underwent huge changes in their blood groups after leaving Africa, between 70,000 and 45,000 years ago, ...

If Neanderthal women mated with Homo sapiens or Denisovan men, there was a high risk of newborns having neonatal hemolytic ...

Human populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood group systems. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

In their work, the team looked at the Rh blood types for the three types of hominids. In so doing, they found some major differences. Neanderthals, they discovered, had an Rh type that still ...

Neanderthal blood protein differences linked to health risks Rare RhD type incompatible with other hominid blood types Genetic incompatibilities may explain Neanderthal extinction ...

(Credit: Corona Borealis Studio/Shutterstock) We can now track the spread of humanity by following a trail of blood…types. A group of researchers did just that, by analyzing genetic information from ...

Neanderthals disappeared, but why? Among the many hypotheses put forward, a new study points to a biological factor that has been little explored until now. French researchers analyzed their blood ...

Published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study compares the genes of the blood groups of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals to better understand our history as a species. Blood groups, such as ABO ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

When modern humans journeyed out of Africa, a rapid evolution in their red blood cells may have helped them survive — but it may have also led to the eventual disappearance of Neanderthals ...