Scientists have grown ‘mini brains’ from human stem cells containing Neanderthal DNA to help shed light on how such has impacted our development. Past studies have shown that around 2 percent of the gene pool of modern humans outside of Africa is composed of Neanderthal DNA. Scientists have grown ‘mini brains’ from human stem cells containing Neanderthal DNA to help shed light on how such has impacted our development. 'Using induced pluripotent stem cells lines to study the functions of archaic human DNA is an untapped but very interesting approach,' said Dr Camp. 'Organoids can be used to study a number of different developmental processes and phenotypes controlled by Neanderthal DNA,' said Dr Camp.

Source: Daily Mail June 19, 2020 12:49 UTC