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Massive Neanderthal Baby Shows How Different They Were To Modern Human InfantsBaby holding adult thumb

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Massive Neanderthal Baby Shows How Different They Were To Modern Human InfantsBaby holding adult thumb
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Massive Neanderthal Baby Shows How Different They Were To Modern Human Infants

clock-iconApril 16, 2026

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Neanderthals, Megafauna, And Tales Of Odd Monsters In The Elwy Valley Cavesaerial view of site of special interest near St Asaph, Wales; lots of trees covering a rocky area with mountains distantly visible in the background

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Neanderthals, Megafauna, And Tales Of Odd Monsters In The Elwy Valley Cavesaerial view of site of special interest near St Asaph, Wales; lots of trees covering a rocky area with mountains distantly visible in the background
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Neanderthals, Megafauna, And Tales Of Odd Monsters In The Elwy Valley Caves

clock-iconJanuary 24, 2026
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Neanderthal "Altamura Man" Suffered An Unfortunate Death And Became Embedded In A Cave Wall Over 128,000 Years AgoAltamura Man, a skull embedded in a cave wall covered in "cave popcorn".

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Neanderthal "Altamura Man" Suffered An Unfortunate Death And Became Embedded In A Cave Wall Over 128,000 Years AgoAltamura Man, a skull embedded in a cave wall covered in "cave popcorn".
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Neanderthal "Altamura Man" Suffered An Unfortunate Death And Became Embedded In A Cave Wall Over 128,000 Years Ago

clock-iconJanuary 13, 2026
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Is This Evidence Of The "Oldest Human Habit"? A New Study Has Different IdeasA human skull showing its broken teeth

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Is This Evidence Of The "Oldest Human Habit"? A New Study Has Different IdeasA human skull showing its broken teeth
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Is This Evidence Of The "Oldest Human Habit"? A New Study Has Different Ideas

clock-iconOctober 8, 2025
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This Small Tweak To Brain Chemistry May Have Given Homo Sapiens The Competitive EdgeAn outdated model of the human brain and head from the early 20th century.

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This Small Tweak To Brain Chemistry May Have Given Homo Sapiens The Competitive EdgeAn outdated model of the human brain and head from the early 20th century.
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This Small Tweak To Brain Chemistry May Have Given Homo Sapiens The Competitive Edge

clock-iconAugust 5, 2025
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What Can Spain's "Tunnel Of Bones" Tell Us About The Fate Of Human Species On The Brink Of Extinction?neanderthals gathered around a fire

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What Can Spain's "Tunnel Of Bones" Tell Us About The Fate Of Human Species On The Brink Of Extinction?neanderthals gathered around a fire
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What Can Spain's "Tunnel Of Bones" Tell Us About The Fate Of Human Species On The Brink Of Extinction?

clock-iconAugust 1, 2025
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We Finally Know Where Humans And Neanderthals Hooked UpNeanderthals standing around in a mountain cave.

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We Finally Know Where Humans And Neanderthals Hooked UpNeanderthals standing around in a mountain cave.
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We Finally Know Where Humans And Neanderthals Hooked Up

clock-iconJune 3, 2025
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Scientists Put A Human "Language Gene" Into Mice And Curious Things UnfoldedScientist with blue latex gloves holding a lab mouse

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Scientists Put A Human "Language Gene" Into Mice And Curious Things UnfoldedScientist with blue latex gloves holding a lab mouse
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Scientists Put A Human "Language Gene" Into Mice And Curious Things Unfolded

clock-iconMarch 13, 2025
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How Does Neanderthal DNA Influence Our Brains?Neanderthal vs human skull

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How Does Neanderthal DNA Influence Our Brains?Neanderthal vs human skull
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How Does Neanderthal DNA Influence Our Brains?

clock-iconJanuary 27, 2025
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Meet Denny, The Only Human Hybrid Remains Ever UnearthedNeanderthal Denisovan set on fire with fire stone for cooking in stone age

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Meet Denny, The Only Human Hybrid Remains Ever UnearthedNeanderthal Denisovan set on fire with fire stone for cooking in stone age
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Meet Denny, The Only Human Hybrid Remains Ever Unearthed

clock-iconOctober 23, 2023
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Sneak Peek Into Neanderthal Cooking Habits Reveals They Were Just As Intelligent As Homo SapiensNeanderthals sitting around a fire making food.

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Sneak Peek Into Neanderthal Cooking Habits Reveals They Were Just As Intelligent As Homo SapiensNeanderthals sitting around a fire making food.
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Sneak Peek Into Neanderthal Cooking Habits Reveals They Were Just As Intelligent As Homo Sapiens

clock-iconOctober 14, 2023
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Skull Found In China May Be A New "Third Lineage" Of HumanThe virtual reconstruction of the Hualongdong 6 human skull, with mirror-imaged portions in gray, plus two of the few stone tools from the site.

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Skull Found In China May Be A New "Third Lineage" Of HumanThe virtual reconstruction of the Hualongdong 6 human skull, with mirror-imaged portions in gray, plus two of the few stone tools from the site.
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Skull Found In China May Be A New "Third Lineage" Of Human

clock-iconSeptember 19, 2023
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Neanderthal Ancestry May Make People More Vulnerable To COVID-19A Neanderthal caveman hunting a mammoth in the Ice Age.

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Neanderthal Ancestry May Make People More Vulnerable To COVID-19A Neanderthal caveman hunting a mammoth in the Ice Age.
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Neanderthal Ancestry May Make People More Vulnerable To COVID-19

clock-iconSeptember 19, 2023
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La Ferrassie Man Is One Of The World's Most Famous Neanderthalsreconstruction of skull of La Ferrassie 1

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La Ferrassie Man Is One Of The World's Most Famous Neanderthalsreconstruction of skull of La Ferrassie 1
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La Ferrassie Man Is One Of The World's Most Famous Neanderthals

clock-iconSeptember 15, 2023
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Humans And Neanderthals Interbred A Lot More Than We Once AssumedThe silhouetted back of a man dressed like an early human is seen leaving a cave.

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Humans And Neanderthals Interbred A Lot More Than We Once AssumedThe silhouetted back of a man dressed like an early human is seen leaving a cave.
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Humans And Neanderthals Interbred A Lot More Than We Once Assumed

clock-iconSeptember 11, 2023
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