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  Three Subgroups of Neanderthals Identified

  say there were actually at least three different subgroups of Neanderthals.

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  Neanderthals Ate Seals and Dolphins

  Archaeologists have discovered the first evidence that Neanderthals ate sea mammals.

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  Neanderthal Brains Grew Like Ours

  A new study found that Neanderthal brains grew at much the same rate as modern human brains do.

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  Cooking and Cognition: How Humans Got So Smart

  Brain metabolism, possibly stimulated by early cooking, may be the main factor behind our intelligence.

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  Caveman vs. Modern Human: Who Would Win Olympic Gold?

  Human ancestors may win Olympic power sports, but modern humans can run.

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  Neanderthals Were High-Tech For Their Era

  Neanderthals used sophisticated tools to hunt game.

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  Culture, Not Skulls, Gave Humans Edge Over Neanderthals

  Human skulls did not provide an advantage over Neanderthal skulls.

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  Top 10 Weird Ways We Deal with the Dead

  Dying is a fact of life, as is the disposal of a body after the fact. You know all about burial and cremation, but here are the other ways people, past and present- have dealt with the departed.

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  Neanderthals Grew Up Faster than Humans

  Teeth growth lines of Neanderthals show faster development than in humans.

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  The Scariest Thing about Neanderthals

  Who knew J.K. Rowling's Weasley family's red hair was tens of thousands of years old?

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  Some Neanderthals Were Redheads

  Bones suggest some of our extinct relatives had red hair and light skin.

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  Chatty Cave Men? Me Neanderthal, Talk Good

  Neanderthals might have spoken just like humans do now.

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  Neanderthals' Disappearance Gets More Mysterious

  New method sheds light on why Neanderthals died out.

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  Scientist: Human Origin Impossible to Pinpoint

  Evidence supporting humans originated in Africa might be flawed.

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  Climate Change, Not Humans, Trounced Neanderthals

  Rapid flip-flops in climate pushed Neanderthals to extinction.

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  Why Children Never Leave Home: Evolution

  The long childhoods and delayed maturity common in modern humans might be a recent development that first emerged only a few thousand years ago in early members of our species living in Africa.

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  Human Origins Go on Display

  A new exhibit on human evolution opening this weekend at the American Museum of Natural History in New York explores where humans came from and what makes us distinct from other animals.

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  Strange Old Skull: Human or Not?

  A newfound ancient cranium adds to mounting evidence that humans and Neanderthals interbred and suggests that humans evolved considerably after settling the European continent some 40,000 years ago.

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  Neanderthals Were Cannibals, Study Confirms

  You think you have it rough. Neanderthal remains in Spain show how these ancient human cousins lived and died.

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  Humans and Neanderthals Might Have Interbred

  Anthropologists find evidence that humans and Neanderthals interbred as humans spread across Europe.

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  Tenacious Neanderthals Held Out in Pockets

  Neanderthals might have endured thousands of years longer than previous thought, increasing the possibility they interbred with humans.