Modern humans might’ve killed off the Neanderthals by eating all the mammoth
Dibs on the last slice.
Tag: Neanderthal
Neanderthals might have practiced prehistoric dentistry 130,000 years ago
Still think Neanderthals were brutes?
Mysterious 400,000-year-old skull found in Portugal might have belonged to a Neanderthal ancestor
No one knows who the direct ancestor of Neanderthals is but this skull might help shed light.
Dental plaque shows what Neanderthals took as drugs
Neanderthals took the herbal equipment of aspirin and penicillin.
Peculiar ancient skulls have both human and Neanderthal features. Could belong to a new hominid species
Cranial fragments discovered in China can't be pinned down to any known human species. Some speculate it might be Denisovan.
Neanderthals used to make jewelry and symbolic ornaments, a find that puts an old debate to rest
Neanderthals were far smarter than most of us give them credit for.
Gene mutation helped early humans cope with smoke infested caves, but not Neanderthals
Early humans were far better smokers than Neanderthals, and this might have mattered a lot in the end.
Neanderthals in Belgium were cannibals and fashioned tools out the bones of their own kind
Researchers discovered a gruesome find.
Humans gave Neanderthals herpes, tapeworms and a slew of tropical diseases
Westerners are horror-struck by the prospect of an Ebola or Zika pandemic in their very own neighbourhood. Media panic aside, ...
Neanderthal and Human interbreeding couldn’t produce male babies
People of European descent carry as much as 4 percent Neanderthal DNA, but the Y chromosome passed down from father ...
400,000-year-old fossils from Spain provide earliest genetic evidence of Neandertals
Researchers working in Spain have made a surprising finding: Neanderthals emerged much earlier than previously believed, perhaps as far as ...
Neanderthals used manganese dioxide to make fire
Evidence points to the fact that Neanderthals used manganese dioxide, today commonly found in batteries, to light fires some 50,000 ...
Interbreeding with Neanderthals gave humans an immunity boost, but also allergies
Some 50,000 years ago Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans co-existed, mingled and interbred. While only the human lineage exists today, ...
An ancient human who lived in Romania had almost 9% Neanderthal DNA
DNA analysis of the jawbone of a human who lived in modern day Romania some 40,000 years ago has the ...
Why in the world do we have chins? Maybe, because we evolved from being just brutes
Ever wondered what chins are good for? Upon a quick reflection, you might think it actually has some practical value, ...
Neanderthal jewelry was much more sophisticated than previously believed
Recent archaeological and anthropological research showed that Neanderthals weren't the mindless brutes we once thought they were - they were ...
22,000 year old skull fragment may represent extinct lineage of modern humans
A partial skull fragment found in Kenya seems to indicate that early humans were much more diverse than previously thought. ...
Neanderthals and humans interbred in the Middle East over 50,000 years ago
An ancient skull found in Israel indicates that early Homo sapiens likely interbred with Neanderthals 50,000 years ago. The female skull is ...
Humans first interbred with Neanderthals at least 50,000 Years Ago
Following the genome sequence of the oldest modern human remains outside of Africa using the most refined DNA analysis to ...
Stone tools evolved independent of ancient African cultures
Neanderthals were one of the early hominids who used Levallois technique to make stone tools. Image: ...