What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...
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Ludovic Slimak on Neanderthals: ‘It was suicide. Humans disappear when they no longer want to live because their values have collapsed’

The French paleoanthropologist discusses his book ‘The Last Neanderthal,’ and provides clues about his latest discovery: ...
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Ancient love stories: How Neanderthal–human relationships shaped our DNA

Our DNA carries the history of ancient migrations, encounters, and relationships between different human groups. A new study suggests that intimate connections between modern humans and Neanderthals ...
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Neanderthal myths debunked: What we still get wrong

Neanderthals were not dumb, hunched brutes living only in caves. Early reconstructions were based on an older individual with osteoarthritis, shaping a false image for decades. Evidence shows ...
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Neanderthals at two nearby caves butchered the same prey in different ways, suggesting local food traditions

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that Neanderthals living in two nearby caves in northern Israel—butchered their food in noticeably different ways. Despite using the ...
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Study finds that the inability of Neanderthals to engage in mass hunting may have contributed significantly to their extinction

The ability to successfully engage in mass hunts may be what allowed ancient Homo Sapiens to thrive.