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Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture

An illustration of a Neanderthal group preparing food LUIS MONTANYA/MARTA MONTANYA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Neanderthals may have had traditional ways of…

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‘Hybrid’ skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

The cranium of a girl thought to be the offspring of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens parents Israel Hershkovitz A 140,000-year-old hominin skull…

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Neanderthal DNA may refute 65,000-year-old date for human occupation in Australia, but not all experts are convinced

Humans did not arrive in Australia 65,000 years ago, and likely didn’t reach the land down under until around 50,000…

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43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world’s oldest — and made by a Neanderthal

A red dot on a face-shaped rock in Spain may be setting records in more ways than one. At roughly…

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East Asians who can digest lactose can thank Neanderthal genes

A large proportion of East Asian people carry unique versions of the lactase gene that enables humans to digest the…

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Neanderthal ‘population bottleneck’ around 110,000 years ago may have contributed to their extinction

Neanderthals may have been headed toward their demise much earlier than experts previously thought, new research suggests. In the study,…

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Neanderthal quiz: How much do you know about our closest relatives?

Almost two centuries after the first Neanderthal was discovered, we are still learning a great deal about our ancient relatives.…

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