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Neanderthals

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3mo ago

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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5mo ago

New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

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5mo ago

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

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6mo ago

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

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7mo ago

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

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8mo ago

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

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10mo ago

Study Finds Selective Exocannibalism of Non-Local Neanderthals at Belgium’s Goyet Caves

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11mo ago

Neanderthal Ochre ‘Crayons’ Identified in Crimea Study

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last yr.

Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

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last yr.

Forensic Police Authenticate 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint in Spain

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last yr.

Spanish Pebble Yields 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Face Abstraction, Fingerprint