Cultural Anthropology

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Study Finds Healthy, Connected Neanderthals in Northwestern Europe Before Extinction

The Nature paper undercuts the idea that inbreeding doomed Neanderthals and points to local climate, competition or uneven contact with modern humans as more likely drivers.

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Study Finds Northwest European Neanderthals Were Connected and Not Genetically Collapsing

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DNA From Polish Cave Reconstructs 100,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Community

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10,500-Year-Old Aurochs Skull on Pine Stake Suggests Ritual Display Near Northern Germany’s Oldest Known Grave

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Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

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Malawi Pyre Dating to 9,500 Years Ago Is Africa’s Earliest Intentional Cremation

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7mo ago

New Study Says 'Little Foot' May Represent an Unknown Australopithecus Species

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7mo ago

Oldest Clear Evidence of Intentional Fire-Making Found at 400,000-Year-Old Suffolk Site

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8mo ago

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

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8mo ago

Altamura Neanderthal’s Nose Reconstruction Overturns Claimed Cold-Adaptation Traits

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8mo ago

New Model Recasts Neanderthal 'Extinction' as Genetic Absorption Into Modern Humans

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8mo ago

Nature Study Finds 8,500-Year-Old Ancestry in Central Argentina That Endures Today

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New Finds at Aguada Fénix Show 3,000-Year-Old Maya Monument Was a Built Cosmogram

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10mo ago

Rebuilt Chinese Fossil Skull Suggests Earlier Human Lineage Split

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10mo ago

Reconstructed Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Points to Earlier Human Lineage Split

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10mo ago

Digital Rebuild of 1‑Million‑Year‑Old Chinese Skull Points to Earlier Human Lineage Split

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10mo ago

Genomic Study Maps Sex-Biased, Cape-Centered Colonial Ancestry in South Africans

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10mo ago

eLife Paper Revives Case for Homo Naledi Burials Deep in Rising Star Caves

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11mo ago

Skhūl Child Fossil Shows Mixed Human–Neanderthal Traits, Pushing Interbreeding to 140,000 Years Ago

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11mo ago

Study Recasts 140,000-Year-Old Skhūl Child as Earliest Homo Sapiens–Neandertal Hybrid

Cultural Anthropology

Study Finds Healthy, Connected Neanderthals in Northwestern Europe Before Extinction

Study Finds Northwest European Neanderthals Were Connected and Not Genetically Collapsing

DNA From Polish Cave Reconstructs 100,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Community

10,500-Year-Old Aurochs Skull on Pine Stake Suggests Ritual Display Near Northern Germany’s Oldest Known Grave

Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Malawi Pyre Dating to 9,500 Years Ago Is Africa’s Earliest Intentional Cremation

New Study Says 'Little Foot' May Represent an Unknown Australopithecus Species

Oldest Clear Evidence of Intentional Fire-Making Found at 400,000-Year-Old Suffolk Site

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

Altamura Neanderthal’s Nose Reconstruction Overturns Claimed Cold-Adaptation Traits

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New Model Recasts Neanderthal 'Extinction' as Genetic Absorption Into Modern Humans

Nature Study Finds 8,500-Year-Old Ancestry in Central Argentina That Endures Today

New Finds at Aguada Fénix Show 3,000-Year-Old Maya Monument Was a Built Cosmogram

Rebuilt Chinese Fossil Skull Suggests Earlier Human Lineage Split

Reconstructed Million-Year-Old Chinese Skull Points to Earlier Human Lineage Split

Digital Rebuild of 1‑Million‑Year‑Old Chinese Skull Points to Earlier Human Lineage Split

Genomic Study Maps Sex-Biased, Cape-Centered Colonial Ancestry in South Africans

eLife Paper Revives Case for Homo Naledi Burials Deep in Rising Star Caves

Skhūl Child Fossil Shows Mixed Human–Neanderthal Traits, Pushing Interbreeding to 140,000 Years Ago

Study Recasts 140,000-Year-Old Skhūl Child as Earliest Homo Sapiens–Neandertal Hybrid

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