Neanderthal genes may explain why some people have Chiari malformation type I, a condition in which the brain bulges out of the back of the skull.

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The skull of a man aged between 30 and 35, dating from between 2687 and 2345 B.C., was found to have cut marks around the skull’s edges surrounding dozens of lesions that resulted from ...

A 75,000-year-old Neanderthal skull from Iraq known as Shanidar Z. A new study finds that Neanderthal skulls have similar features to those of modern humans who have a condition known as Chiari ...