Archeology
Reconstructing the pelvis of Neanderthal women
Scientists from the University of California, Davis (USA) and Max Planck Evolutionary Anthropology Institute in Leipzig (Germany) announced the reconstruction of the vir…
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Archeology
Competition leads to the extinction of the Neanderthals
In a recent study conducted, a French-American research group with expertise in archeology, climate and ecology has reported that the extinction of the Neanderthals is t…
Archeology
Norse people eat seals and dolphins
According to a new study, prehistoric Neanderthal diets live in caves on Rock of Gibraltar including seal and dolphin meat.
Archeology
Modern people share a common origin in Africa
The origins of modern people and human settlements have been controversial with two different assumptions. On one side is the model
Archeology
Neandertal people do not grow faster than modern people
Some anthropologists argue that Neandertals are different from modern humans due to rapid growth in short childhood. However, the analysis of two Neandertal molars was c…
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Video: Discover the oldest modern fossil outside Africa
The 177,000-194,000-year-old jaw bone fragments reveal that modern people may have left Africa to other lands earlier than we thought.