'Creative' genes gave Homo sapiens edge over Neanderthals: study
The Hindu
Such genes were like "a secret weapon" that gave modern humans "a significant advantage over now-extinct hominids by fostering greater resilience to ageing, injury, and disease, they wrote.
Researchers have discovered a series of creativity-linked genes that may have given Homo sapiens a significant edge over Neanderthals, enabling them to avoid extinction. The findings suggest that these genes played "a fundamental role in the evolution of creativity, self-awareness and cooperative behaviour," in the Nature journal Molecular Psychiatry.
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