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Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in women who were hybrids, and this might have played a part in Neanderthals’ demise

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Reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our enigmatic Ancestor X

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Early Neanderthals hunted ibex on steep mountain slopes

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A skull unearthed in Harbin, China, turns out to belong to a Denisovan

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An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution

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Neanderthals were probably maggot-munchers, not hyper-carnivores

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Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture

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'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

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Neanderthals had a 'fat factory' where they processed bones for grease

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A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches

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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world

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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world

Over tens of thousands of years, waves of Homo sapiens set out across Europe and Asia, only for their societies and cultures to mysteriously vanish. At last, ancient DNA is revealing why

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Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

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How DNA in dirt is reshaping our understanding of Stone Age humans

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Ancient genomes reveal when modern humans and Neanderthals interbred

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Game-changing archaeology from the past 5 years – and what’s to come

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