A recent discovery has revealed surprising clues about the Neanderthals who lived in France. An ancient Neanderthal lineage, isolated for more than 50,000 years, has been identified by French and ...

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For decades, we've thought of our Neanderthal cousins as brutish, primitive beings. Second-class humans driven extinct by their own fallibility and stupidity. But as we are fast learning ...

But the story of Neanderthal life — and extinction — is one of regional variation, said Tom Higham, an archaeological scientist at the University of Vienna. "In some areas, for example ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Braving the cold weather in Northern Europe required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and a ...

Neanderthals once roamed Eurasia, but they disappeared around the time Homo sapiens reached Europe. One big question has stumped archaeologists for decades: Who were the last Neanderthals ...

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern Iberia. Neanderthals once roamed Eurasia, but they disappeared around the ...

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