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Were Neanderthals really killed off by Campi Flegrei, Europe's awakening 'supervolcano'?The volcano beneath Italy erupted 40,000 years ago and had catastrophic impact on Earth's climate — around the same time that the Neanderthals began their slow march to extinction.
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Neanderthals created Europe's oldest 'intentional' engravings up to 75,000 years ago, study suggestsNeanderthals likely made Europe's oldest engravings in a French cave as long as 75,000 years ago, a study suggests.
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Mysterious 'Viking disease' linked to Neanderthal DNAA new study finds that the key genetic risk factors for Dupuytren's disease, a crippling hand disorder, are derived from Neanderthals.
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Neanderthals passed down their tall noses to modern humans, genetic analysis findsA new genetic analysis found that the size of Neanderthal noses was passed down to modern humans.
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54,000-year-old stone points are oldest evidence of bows and arrows in EuropeNew evidence that bows and arrows were used by early modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago has strengthened the idea that such projectile technology might have given early modern humans an edge over Neanderthals.
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Neanderthals were 'top-level carnivores,' tooth analysis suggestsThe tooth's owner was primarily a meat eater.
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50,000-year-old DNA reveals the first-ever look at a Neanderthal familyA new genetic analysis of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal remains found in a Siberian cave reveals that these humans traveled in small, family-oriented groups.
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Mystery ancestor mated with ancient humans. And its 'nested' DNA was just found.Today's humans carry the genes of an ancient, unknown ancestor, left there by hominin species intermingling perhaps a million years ago.
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Finger Bone Points to New Branch of HumanityThe finger came from a young girl, who was neither like us nor Neanderthal.
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