Tag: neanderthals

February 23, 2026 at 3:49 pm

Study Finds That The Inability Of Neanderthals To Engage In Mass Hunting May Have Contributed Significantly To Their Extinction

Neanderthal Hunter

The ability to successfully engage in mass hunts may be what allowed ancient Homo Sapiens to thrive.

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February 10, 2026 at 9:49 am

Could The Dark Region Of The Our Genome Explain Why Neanderthal Faces Looked Dramatically Different Than Modern Humans?

Neanderthal

I didn’t even know ‘Dark Genomes’ existed.

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February 7, 2026 at 9:48 am

Researchers Get Their First Ever Look At Neanderthal Nasal Cavities, And It Didn’t Look Like Models Predicted

Neanderthal

History has a way of surprising us.

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January 28, 2026 at 12:55 pm

Researchers Have Found A Group Of People Named The Jomon Who Have Almost No Denisovan DNA, And They’re Trying To Figure Out Why

Ancient ancestors

Our ancestors really seemed to get around.

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October 17, 2025 at 9:55 am

New Fossil Discovery Reveals That The Iberian Peninsula Was Once Home To Some Unusual Funerary Practices

A stretch of Iberian Peninsula

Their societies had social norms when it came to death.

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August 28, 2025 at 9:55 am

Showing Off Hunting Trophies Is Behavior That Even Neanderthals Engaged In For Thousands Of Years

Deer trophy on the wall

I know a few hunters who would love to check out these trophies.

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August 9, 2025 at 12:55 pm

New Map Explains Exactly How Our Ancestors Embarked On A 2,000 Year Long Trip From Africa To Europe Hundreds Of Thousands Of Years Ago

New Map Explains Exactly How Our Ancestors Embarked On A 2,000 Year Long Trip From Africa To Europe Hundreds Of Thousands Of Years Ago

The new map shows the power of modelling history.

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August 1, 2025 at 3:48 pm

New Study Shows This Cave Was Home To Denisovans, Neanderthals, And Modern Humans

Denisova Cave

So many of our ancestors passed through this one place.

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July 24, 2025 at 9:48 am

Ancient Neanderthal’s Fingerprint Found On A Rock Where He May Have Been Smudging A Smiley Face

Rock with ancient fingerprint

Were Neanderthals seeing faces in everyday objects?

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June 17, 2025 at 9:48 am

Study Shows That Neanderthals Were Significantly More Intelligent Than Previously Believed, And Were Able To Reliably Make Quality Tools

Neanderthal making tools

They were not only able to make sharp stones, but were quite sharp themselves. 

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