Were Neanderthals capable of making art?
by Paul Pettitt -- The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a ...
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Discover research on Neanderthals, their culture, biology, and interactions with early Homo sapiens.
42,000-year-old ochre crayons reveal Neanderthals engaged in symbolic behavior
New evidence of ochre use by Neanderthals from Crimea and Ukraine indicates that these substances were used not only for ...
DNA from Crimea reveals Neanderthals migrated thousands of kilometers into Asia
Archaeologists have discovered solid genetic evidence linking western European Neanderthals with those who lived thousands of kilometers to the east ...
Genetic incompatibility between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals may have contributed to Neanderthal extinction
A new study suggests that a hidden genetic mismatch between Neanderthals and early modern humans may have caused reproductive issues ...
Neanderthals and early humans reshaped Europe’s landscapes long before the rise of agriculture, study finds
A recent study published in PLOS One reveals that Neanderthals and early modern humans began to reshape Europe’s ecosystems tens ...
Lead exposure may have influenced brain and language development in early humans and Neanderthals
A new study published in Science Advances suggests that humans and their ancestors were exposed to lead nearly two million ...
1 million-year-old Yunxian skull redefines human evolution and Denisovan origin
A crushed and distorted skull discovered in central China nearly 35 years ago is now redefining our understanding of early ...
80,000-year-old arrowheads in Uzbekistan may be the world’s oldest, possibly made by Neanderthals
Archaeologists in north-eastern Uzbekistan have unearthed what are possibly the world's earliest arrowheads from the Obi-Rakhmat rock shelter. The small ...
Denisovan and Neanderthal DNA helped the first Americans survive, study finds
The first people to set foot in the Americas crossed with them not only stone technology and survival skills across ...
Genetic mutation in key enzyme may explain why humans survived while Neanderthals went extinct
A minor genetic difference in one of the enzymes may have helped separate modern humans from Neanderthals and Denisovans, our ...