A single Neanderthal gene slipped into lab mice triggered unexpected changes in their skeletons. Scientists in Japan uncovered traits echoing long-lost human cousins.

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A team of scientists at Duke University made a mouse just a bit more human. They didn’t give it speech or opposable thumbs.

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More information: Jing Yu et al, An interplay between human genetics and intratumoral microbiota in the progression of colorectal cancer, Cell Host & Microbe (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.