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Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens Left Similar Tools and Shell Ornaments at Turkish Cave, Study Finds

Evidence from layered deposits at Üçağızlı II points to cultural transmission in the Levantine corridor and could reshape ideas about Early Eurasian populations.

Neanderthal Tooth Shows Earliest Known Dental Surgery, Study Finds

New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Ancient DNA Switches Tied to Language Predate the Human–Neanderthal Split

Elephant Tooth Isotopes Tie Neanderthal Hunting to Long-Range Prey at Neumark-Nord

Study Traces Primate Kissing to a Common Ape Ancestor 16–21 Million Years Ago

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

Early Humans in Italy Butchered a 404,000-Year-Old Elephant and Turned Its Bones Into Tools

140,000-Year-Old Skhul Child Shows Mixed Traits, Pointing to Early Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding

Study Finds Maggot Consumption Could Explain Neandertals’ High Nitrogen Levels

Neanderthals Traveled 2,000 Miles Across Eurasia Using River Valleys