Neanderthal Faces Were Bigger Than Ours. Turns Out We’re the Weirdos
While closely related, Neanderthals and modern humans split from our last common ancestor between 650,000 and 500,000 years ago and…
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Tag: anthropology
Neanderthals and Early Humans Hung Out Way More Than We Thought, Study Finds
A team’s investigation of ancient human burials in Israel’s Tinshemet Cave has revealed evidence that Homo sapiens and our nearest cousins,…
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Age of Famous Neanderthal Hybrid Child Pinpointed With Breakthrough Method
The famous skeleton of a child with human and Neanderthal features has now been precisely dated, thanks to a new…
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Severed Heads in Iron Age Iberia Weren’t Just War Trophies, New Research Suggests
Iron Age people living on the Iberian Peninsula in the last millennium BCE had a striking funerary tradition: chopping off…
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Lasers Expose Stunning Tattoo Art on 1,200-Year-Old Peruvian Mummies
If tattoos are prone to fading within a single human lifetime, imagine the wear-and-tear on the tattoos of 1,200-year-old mummies.…
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