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Did we kill the Neanderthals? New research may finally answer an age-old question.
Feature A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.
DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced, revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation
Thorin — nicknamed after a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — is also called the "last Neanderthal" because he may have lived as recently as 42,000 years ago.
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Neanderthals didn't truly go extinct, but were rather absorbed into the modern human population, DNA study suggests
Modern human DNA may have made up a surprisingly large amount of the Neanderthal genome, a new study finds.
Neanderthals cared for 6-year-old with Down syndrome, fossil find reveals
The unique shape of an ear bone belonging to a Neanderthal child found in a cave in Spain suggests that she had Down syndrome.
Neanderthals and humans interbred 47,000 years ago for nearly 7,000 years, research suggests
DNA from prehistoric and modern-day people suggests that humans interbred with Neanderthals 47,000 years ago for a period lasting 6,800 years.
Neanderthals could talk — but how sophisticated was their language?
Neanderthals could talk, but they likely couldn't use or understand metaphors, which compare two unlike things, research suggests.
50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones harbor oldest-known human viruses
A new analysis of two skeletons suggests that three modern human viruses infected Neanderthals around 50,000 years ago.
