"Neanderthals" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neanderthals" by people in Profiles.
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Recovering signatures of archaic hominin introgression using ancestral recombination graphs. Science. 2026 Aug 27; 393(6814):eaef8874.
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The MUC19 gene: An evolutionary history of recurrent introgression and natural selection. Science. 2025 08 21; 389(6762):eadl0882.
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50,000 years of evolutionary history of India: Impact on health and disease variation. Cell. 2025 Jun 26; 188(13):3389-3404.e6.
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Cranial vault thickness, its internal organization, and its relationship with endocranial shape in Neanderthals and modern humans. J Hum Evol. 2025 07; 204:103683.
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Dissecting human population variation in single-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2. Nature. 2023 09; 621(7977):120-128.
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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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Harnessing ancient genomes to study the history of human adaptation. Nat Rev Genet. 2017 11; 18(11):659-674.
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An evolutionary medicine perspective on Neandertal extinction. J Hum Evol. 2017 07; 108:62-71.