Neanderthals, who lived across Europe and parts of western Asia, became extinct around 40,000 years ago.
Ms Shafik becomes the third president of an Ivy-league institution to quit over the demonstrations by students who were aggrieved about Israeli incursion in Gaza.
Both scientists are winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023.
Nigerian professor Wale Adebanwi has won the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship, awarded based on prior career achievement and exceptional promise.
Her exit after barely one year since inauguration over criticism of her response to a congressional question on campus antisemitism makes her tenure the shortest in Penn’s history.
Jewish students have said they feared for their safety and were physically blocked from attending classes.Â
The United States Consulate has awarded scholarships worth $4.35 million to thirty Nigerians to study in American Universities and colleges.
