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Meet the world's first Neandertal family
Ancient genomes of 13 Neandertals provide a rare snapshot of their community and social organization over hundreds of thousands of years.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 20, 2022


Modern humans generate more brain neurons than Neandertals
Researchers from Dresden uncover a greater neuron production in the frontal lobe during brain development in modern humans than Neandertals
Joseph Shavit
Sep 21, 2022


When did the genetic variations that make us human emerge?
A study has made an estimation of the time when some of the genetic variants that characterise our species emerged.
Joseph Shavit
Jul 22, 2022


What explains our lower back pain? Anthropologists turn to Neandertals for answers
The analysis centers on the spine’s curvature, which is caused, in part, by a wedging, or angling, of vertebrae and the intervertebral discs
Joseph Shavit
Mar 6, 2022


Cave painting show Neanderthals were not the boorish relatives of Homo sapiens
Neanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave 60,000 years ago.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 6, 2021
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