"Neanderthals" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Common name for an extinct species of the Homo genus. Fossils have been found in Europe and Asia. Genetic evidence suggests that limited interbreeding with modern HUMANS (Homo sapiens) took place.
| Descriptor ID |
D059125
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.400.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Neanderthals- Neanderthals
- Neanderthal
- Homo sapiens neanderthalensis
- Neandertals
- Neandertal
- Homo neanderthalensis
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neanderthals" by people in Profiles.
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A signature of Neanderthal introgression on molecular mechanisms of environmental responses. PLoS Genet. 2021 09; 17(9):e1009493.
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Inferred divergent gene regulation in archaic hominins reveals potential phenotypic differences. Nat Ecol Evol. 2019 11; 3(11):1598-1606.
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Model-based detection and analysis of introgressed Neanderthal ancestry in modern humans. Mol Ecol. 2018 10; 27(19):3873-3888.
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An evolutionary medicine perspective on Neandertal extinction. J Hum Evol. 2017 07; 108:62-71.
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Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics. Nature. 2017 01 18; 541(7637):302-310.
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Adaptively introgressed Neandertal haplotype at the OAS locus functionally impacts innate immune responses in humans. Genome Biol. 2016 11 29; 17(1):246.
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The impact of recent population history on the deleterious mutation load in humans and close evolutionary relatives. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2016 Dec; 41:150-158.
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The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations. Nature. 2016 Oct 13; 538(7624):201-206.
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A genetic method for dating ancient genomes provides a direct estimate of human generation interval in the last 45,000 years. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 May 17; 113(20):5652-7.
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Human evolution. Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus. Science. 2015 Jan 23; 347(6220):395-9.