New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...
Two chunks of ocher unearthed at ancient rock shelters in Ukraine were actually Neanderthal crayons, according to a recent ...
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Blood cell differences may have doomed Neanderthals
Recent research on human evolution suggests that the extinction of our Neanderthal cousins may have been hastened by ...
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Did Neanderthals actually eat more than just meat?
Recent research is challenging the long-held view that Neanderthals were strictly carnivorous, revealing evidence of a more ...
A 45,000-year-old Neanderthal bone found in Crimea shows ancient humans traveled thousands of miles, linking Europe and ...
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42,000-Year-Old Yellow Crayon Suggests Neanderthals Created Art – And It’s Still Sharp Too
The most exciting is a roughly 4.5-centimeter-long, 1.2-centimeter-thick (1.8 and 0.5-inch) fragment of yellow ocher that was “fully-shaped into a crayon-like tool with a pointed morphology”, with ...
The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...
When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in ...
A fatal genetic incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans may have hastened the extinction of our ancient ...
A small blood gene difference made Neanderthal pregnancies with modern humans risky, possibly contributing to their disappearance.
Neanderthals are getting a well-deserved scientific rewrite. A growing body of paleoarchaeological evidence indicates that ...
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