Instant Genius: Neanderthals
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- The Human Body
Early human shows signs of right-handedness
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Cut marks on teeth suggest human evolution developed handedness 1.8 million years ago.
- The Human Body
Why did the Neanderthals die out?
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We once lived alongside Neanderthals, but interbreeding, climate change, or violent clashes with rival Homo sapiens led to their demise.
- Science news
Fossilised skull reveals face of early human ancestor
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The skull belonged to the oldest-known member of Australopithecus – a group of east African hominins that preceded the emergence of the Homo genus by around two million years.
- Science news
The invention of spears and bows and arrows may have helped early humans drive Neanderthals to extinction
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Early humans' complex weaponry helped them out-compete their cousins.
- The Human Body
Did humans and Neanderthals interbreed?
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Homo Neanderthalensis may have gone extinct, but a part of them still lives on inside our DNA.
- Science news
Great apes probably smarter than early human Australopithecus species
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Despite having a similar-sized brain to modern apes, scientists believe Australopithecus had a lower rate of blood flow to the brain.
- Science news
Early humans tucking into cooked carbs as long as 170,000 years ago
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Archaeologists have found charred remains of starchy plant parts at an archaeological site in South Africa.
- Science news
Early humans feasted on fish in the Sahara Desert 10,000 years ago
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Archaeologists excavated bones of fish, toads, frogs, crocodiles and birds from the Tadrart Acacus mountains in the Saharan Desert.
- Everyday science
Why did the Neanderthals go extinct?
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Although we are descended from Neanderthals, the species does not exist today – it might help the future of homo-sapiens to understand why.
- The Human Body
Human diseases from Africa could have wiped out Neanderthals
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DNA opens up new theory as to how disease spread from Africa to Europe and from Homo sapiens to Neanderthals.
- The Human Body
Human population purged Neanderthal genes
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Current levels of Neanderthal inheritance in modern humans a result of long-term difference in population sizes.
- Nature
Could we clone a Neanderthal?
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The Neanderthal, also known as homo neanderthalensis, could be up for making a come-back.
- Science news
Neanderthals weren't the strong, strapping cavepeople we imagine
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Neanderthals were often ill or disabled, and many were cared for by the group.
- Science news
Neanderthals may have died out without help from modern humans
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Inbreeding and declining health in small populations could account for the Neanderthals' demise.
- The Human Body
Are we descended from Neanderthals?
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Homo neanderthalensis was a close cousin, but not our ancestor.
- Science news
Neanderthals collected shells at the beach, just like us
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Archaeologists have found a collection of seashells and volcanic rock once owned by Neanderthals in Grotta dei Moscerini in central Italy.
- Science news
Neanderthal ancestry found in African populations' DNA for the first time
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Researchers estimate that Europeans and Asians to have more equal levels of Neanderthal ancestry than previously thought, and say that for the first time they have found evidence in African populations too.
- Planet Earth
Shanidar skeleton discovery sheds light on Neanderthal 'flower burial'
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Pollen found around 70,000-year-old remains reopens the debate as to whether ancient humans buried their dead.
- Nature
Could Neanderthals speak?
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Unrgh ugg, uh unnngh argh - or something like that...