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How Neanderthal language differed from modern human – they probably didn’t use metaphors
The Raw Story· 4 hours agoThe Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public alike. ...
50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones Have Remains of Human Viruses, Scientists Find
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoScientists have detected remnants of three types of viruses in 50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones....
The mystery of the disappearing Neanderthal Y chromosome
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoNon-Africans carry around 2% Neanderthal DNA in their genomes — yet there's one chromosome where DNA...
Scientists Find Ancient Herpes in Neanderthal Bones
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNeanderthal remains from the Altai Mountains contain human viruses, a team of researchers has found, suggesting that infectious diseases may have been...
'More Neanderthal than human': How your health may depend on DNA from our long-lost ancestors
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIllustration of an early modern man embracing a Neanderthal woman. They appear to be in a forest at...
Could Neanderthals talk?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoClose-up image of a Neanderthal skull against a black background. Neanderthals were our closest human relatives, and they had many similarities with...
Dental enamel study suggests differences in Neanderthal and Paleolithic human childhood stress
Phys.org· 1 day agoNeanderthal children (who lived between 400,000 and 40,000 years ago) and modern human children living during the Upper Paleolithic era (between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago ...
10 unexpected ways Neanderthal DNA affects our health
LiveScience· 7 days agoThere, they encountered our closest, now-extinct human relatives — the Neanderthals. Today, we can...
50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones harbor oldest-known human viruses
LiveScience· 2 days agoNeanderthals who lived 50,000 years ago were infected with three viruses that still affect modern...
Five Fascinating Facts About Neanderthals That Could Change How You See Them
IFLScience· 4 days agoHere are five facts about Neanderthals that you may find surprising. In evolutionary terms, that’s not all that long ago, and it’s certainly well after Homo sapiens – that ...