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For decades, we've thought of our Neanderthal cousins as brutish, primitive beings. Second-class humans driven extinct by their own fallibility and stupidity. But as we are fast learning ...

Humans and Neanderthals didn’t just coexist – they mingled, competed, and even had children together. Neanderthals lived in Europe and Asia for hundreds of thousands of years before modern humans ...

Its prominent chin resembles modern humans, while its short and stocky legs are reminiscent of Neanderthals. This morphological mosaic has made it a key subject of study for understanding the ...

Neanderthal DNA strengthens the immune system and regulates inflammation Denisovan genes help with altitude adaptation and oxygen use Paleogenetics reveals that human evolution is more complex ...

Artist Mel Chin discusses the inspiration for his 1991 land art piece, Revival Field. And put it this way: I say that it’s the traditional sculpture that I’m interested in. Michelangelo has his ...

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“This population would later contribute about 80 percent of the genetic material of modern humans and also seems to have been the ancestral population from which Neanderthals and Denisovans diverged.” ...

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Testosterone can cause chin and neck hairs in people of all sexes. But chin hair growth in females may indicate an underlying condition, such as a hormone imbalance. Hair is a distinct part of ...

Artwork on the schematical representation of the distribuition of morphological variation of the inner ear along time in Neanderthals. Credit: Alessandro Urciuoli, Institut Català de Paleop An ...