Archeology
People have eaten Neanderthal relatives?
Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Spain) researchers have come up with a very creepy hypothesis about the demise of Neanderthals, that our ancestors have been clean.
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Published the complete genome of Neanderthals
German scientists say they have completed the first high-quality Neanderthal genome decoding work, and are preparing to publish it online for other scientists to study.
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Descendants of modern people and extinct people show up
Scientists believe they have found the first evidence of mating behavior between Nealderthals and our ancestors.
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Are Neanderthals extinct because their eyes are too big?
A study of Neanderthal skulls reveals that, like this person, extinct because of having bigger eyes than modern humans - our ancestors.
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New discovery of the end of Neanderthals
Neanderthals could be extinct earlier than the long-accepted theory, according to new research by international experts.
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Stone spear was crafted from half a million years ago
Scientists have found evidence that ancient stone hunting tools appeared much earlier than previously thought for hundreds of thousands of years.
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The story of our ancestors' love with extinct people
The last mating between Neanderthals was extinct with modern people taking place from 47,000 to 65,000 years ago.
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Which hand is Neanderthal?
Most Neanderthals are right-handed like modern humans, and this shows the possibility
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Discovery of art caves near 50000 years old
Geologists found 11 caves located in northwestern Spain. The characteristics of these caves are that there are many stretches of drawings on the cliffs. In addition, sta…
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Build houses with mammoth bones
This is a circular house, made up of 116 large bones including skull, jaw, 14 tusks and elephant leg bones. Inside with at least 25 furnaces filled with ash shows that i…
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When did the modern people appear?
The jaw fragment was found in a prehistoric cave in Torquay, the earliest evidence to show the emergence of modern humans in northwestern Europe, the scientists said.
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It is hard to have sex between Neanderthals and modern people
Scientists have shown that modern human genes have some traces of Neanderthals, but a recent study (September 12, 2011) shows that sex between the two strains is a rare…
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Prehistoric people also like fashion
Who told the prehistoric people to eat fur at the hole without aesthetic? The latest discovery shows that Neanderthals used to use feathers as fashion accessories.
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Modern people have a new ancestor
The discovery of a 30,000-year-old fossil proved that Neanderthals and modern humans are not the only human species on Earth.