Published on: 2025-05-27 06:25:40
While closely related, Neanderthals and modern humans split from our last common ancestor between 650,000 and 500,000 years ago and evolved into distinct species. Among other contrasts, Neanderthal fossils show that our faces developed strikingly different shapes: modern human faces are generally smaller and have more delicate features. The reason for this difference has stumped paleoanthropologists for years, but new research has identified a tantalizing clue. In a study published Monday in th
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A team’s investigation of ancient human burials in Israel’s Tinshemet Cave has revealed evidence that Homo sapiens and our nearest cousins, the Neanderthals, intermingled in ancient times, sharing moments of daily life and various customs. The team’s research—published today in Nature Human Behavior—investigated stone tools, hunting strategies, and social aspects of the two human groups, and found they were much more intertwined in the area than previously believed. “Neanderthal and Homo sapie
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DNA studies suggest that Neanderthals underwent a steep decline in genetic diversity around 110,000 years ago—a forbidding omen of the species’ disappearance approximately 70,000 years later. Recent research has reexamined this so-called “bottleneck” phenomenon by analyzing an unexpected feature: Neanderthal ears. An international research team, led by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona paleontologist Alessandro Urciuoli, studied Neanderthal semicircular ear canals—the three tiny tubes in the in
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