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How Neanderthal language differed from modern human – they probably didn’t use metaphors
The Raw Story· 18 hours agoThe Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) fascinate researchers and the general public alike. ...
Five Fascinating Facts About Neanderthals That Could Change How You See Them
IFLScience· 5 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 ...
Scientists Find Ancient Herpes in Neanderthal Bones
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNeanderthal remains from the Altai Mountains contain human viruses, a team of researchers has found, suggesting that infectious diseases may have been...
We Now Know Exactly When Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up
IFLScience· 3 days agoDespite disappearing around 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals continue to live on in the DNA of most...
50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones harbor oldest-known human viruses
LiveScience· 3 days agoNeanderthals who lived 50,000 years ago were infected with three viruses that still affect modern...
50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones Have Remains of Human Viruses, Scientists Find
Smithsonian Magazine· 2 days agoScientists have detected remnants of three types of viruses in 50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones....
Oldest Known Human Viruses Found in 50,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Bones
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHow Neanderthals went extinct while humans survived is one of the biggest questions in our species' history. Researchers have long wondered if our closest extinct relatives ...
Dental enamel study suggests differences in Neanderthal and Paleolithic human childhood stress
Phys.org· 2 days 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 ...
This 130,000-Year-Old Decorative Bear Bone May Be the Oldest Known Neanderthal Art
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoThe study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, argues that a 130,000-year-old bear...
The incredible case of the only known individual whose parents were two different species
UNILAD· 13 hours agoA lot less is known about the Denisovans, another close relative who lived in the Lower and Middle...