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'The images could be much older': Analysis of rocks shows Neanderthals made art at least 64,000 years agoArt has sometimes thought to be exclusive to modern humans.
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Crimean Stone Age 'crayons' were used by Neanderthals for symbolic drawings, study claimsScientists have discovered Stone Age "crayons" in Crimea, hinting that Neanderthals may have used them for symbolic drawings or markings. But not everyone agrees.
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Differences in red blood cells may have 'hastened the extinction' of our Neanderthal cousins, new study suggestsGene variants in red blood cell function may have doomed the hybrid babies of Neanderthals and modern humans.
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Did Neanderthals eat anything other than meat?Neanderthals were meat eaters, but new analyses show that their diets included other morsels.
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Neanderthals were more susceptible to lead poisoning than humans — which helped us gain an advantage over our cousins, scientists sayHumans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our species to develop language — giving us a key advantage over our Neanderthal cousins, scientists claim.
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Neanderthals could be brought back within 20 years — but is it a good idea?With today's technology, we cannot bring back Neanderthals. But even if future advances allow it, should we?
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1 million-year-old skull from China holds clues to the origins of Neanderthals, Denisovans and humansReconstruction of a 1 million-year-old skull shows that early human groups split and diversified quickly.
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'We certainly weren't exceptional, but now we're the only ones left': In new PBS series 'Human,' anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi explores how humans came to dominate EarthInterview In her new show, Ella Al-Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our species out of Africa to global hegemony.
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Homo erectus: Facts about the first human lineage to leave AfricaHomo erectus is associated with a number of firsts in its 2 million years of existence, including being the first hominin to travel out of Africa.
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