Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago
Creating birch tar using Neanderthal methods. Image credits: University of Cologne. If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000…
Hunted by Neanderthals, giant elephants travelled hundreds of miles across Europe
Neanderthals hunted giant elephants and pursued them over hundreds of miles across Europe, according to a new study…
Archaeologists Were Digging Into a Hill—and Stumbled Upon a 125,000-Year-Old Factory
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A study shows evidence of Neanderthal “fat factories” dating…
Male Neanderthals and female humans shaped modern DNA through ancient interbreeding, study finds
Most people living outside Africa carry small traces of Neanderthal DNA. These inherited fragments appear across many human…
Study of AI generated Neanderthal scenes reveals major gaps with modern archaeological research
Researchers tested how generative artificial intelligence portrays Neanderthals and found frequent errors, outdated ideas, and clear bias. The…
A Scientific Breakthrough Has Unveiled the Ancient Source of Our Pain
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Neanderthals and ancient apes likely kissed too
Scientists have found evidence suggesting that kissing dates back up to 21 million years and that our ape…
Hidden Neanderthal skull reveals unexpected details about ancient nasal anatomy and climate adaptation
A Neanderthal skeleton, hidden deep in a limestone cave in southern Italy, has revealed a part of the…
‘Perfectly preserved’ Neanderthal skull bones suggest their noses didn’t evolve to warm air
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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…
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…
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…