Health
Why we get autism but our Neanderthal cousins didn’t
First maps of gene expression in Neanderthals and Denisovans could explain why they looked different from us – and why autism may be unique to humans
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Life
Ouch! Pain threshold genes amplified by lifestyle
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Health
Fear of a smell can be passed down several generations
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Health
Pregnant mother’s stress affects baby’s gut and brain
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Health
Written in blood: Your life history in just one drop
Features
Health
Women’s breasts age faster than the rest of their body
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Humans
School achievement isn’t just in your genes
Opinion
Health
Lack of folic acid echoes through the generations
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Environment
The third factor: Beyond nature and nurture
Features
Humans
Gene breakthrough shows Neanderthals in new light
Neanderthals have had a bad press, but with the first look at gene activity in their brains, their reputation is going from strength to strength
Opinion
Humans
First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain
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Health
Time-lapse map shows DNA development in growing brain
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Earth
Historic human remains yield epigenetic tags
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Health
Cost of cuts: Austerity’s toxic genetic legacy
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