It doesn't exist in our ape relatives the chimpanzee or orangutan, but there is some evidence it may have been there in
early hominids Neanderthal and Denisovan.
Not exact matches
In addition to revealing more about these
early hominids, the work could provide important insights into our own biology — whether we are related to
Neanderthals, or not.
They also retain a higher percentage of
early hominid —
Neanderthal and Denisovan — DNA than most of us.
Neanderthals were brainier than modern humans, and new research helps to explain how these
early hominids evolved so much brain power.