Scientists to grow 'mini-brains' using Neanderthal DNA
In an attempt to understand how Homo sapiens differ from their closest ancestral relatives, scientists will be growing miniature brain tissue from human stem cells edited to contain Neanderthal DNA. Though incapable of thought of feelings, the organoids replicate some basic structures of an adult brain. Previous genome studies have shown that non-Africans today still carry 1-4% of Neanderthal DNA.