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Neanderthals

We are in the midst of rewriting our understanding of Neanderthals

Humans

We are in the midst of rewriting our understanding of Neanderthals

Kindred by Rebecca Wragg Sykes explains how modern techniques are helping us to better understand Neanderthals, as well as where we fit in to the family tree

Culture

A Neanderthal family

Humans

Neanderthal DNA linked to higher fertility in modern humans

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The Bacho Kiro cave in Bulgaria

Humans

Neanderthals may have learned jewellery-making from us

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Neanderthal string

Humans

Oldest ever piece of string was made by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago

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Seafood

Life

Neanderthals feasted on seafood and nuts according to fossil remains

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neanderthal bones

Humans

70,000-year-old remains suggest Neanderthals buried their dead

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Neanderthal and human encounters

Humans

Neanderthals never lived in Africa, but their genes got there anyway

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fossil footprints

Humans

Neanderthals may have climbed an active volcano soon after it erupted

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Modern human and Neanderthal skull

Humans

Neanderthals may have died out due to sheer bad luck

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Cave paintings in Andalusia, Spain, have been attributed to Neanderthals

Humans

Neanderthals' cave art skills questioned in dispute over age of images

A dispute over the dating of prehistoric Spanish cave paintings is fuelling a fractious debate over Neanderthals’ artistic capabilities

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Humans

Ancient footprints show Neanderthals may have been taller than thought

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Humans

Neanderthals spent a surprising amount of time underwater

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Humans

Our species got to Europe 165,000 years earlier than we thought

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Humans

Ancient DNA reveals Neanderthal migration and interbreeding

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