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Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost | New Scientist

Evolution of intelligence in our ancestors may have come at a cost

By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances in cognitive abilities may have led to our vulnerability to mental illness

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 3d

Tiny Footprints of a Neanderthal Toddler Reveal the Deeply Human Story of a Family on the Move

They went to the beach 80,000 years ago, but probably not to relax.

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 3d

Svante Pääbo, father of paleogenetics: ‘The reason for the Neanderthals’ extinction lies in how numerous we’ve become’ | Science | EL PAÍS English

Svante Pääbo, father of paleogenetics: ‘The reason for the Neanderthals’ extinction lies in how numerous we’ve become’

The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage, and the possibility of extracting the genome of the Flores hobbit

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 4d

Leopards ate our ancient human ancestors' faces, AI analysis reveals | Live Science

Leopards ate our ancient human ancestors' faces, AI analysis reveals

A study provides insight into the demise of two prehistoric individuals of the now-extinct human species Homo habilis.

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 4d

Genes hint at how the capacity to pay attention differed among ancient hominins | Journal Club | PNAS

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 6d

Neanderthals Ate Maggot-Filled Meat On Purpose—Here's Why

Fresh meat is excellent, unless you’re a Neanderthal. Then you might’ve preferred it crawling with maggots...

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 7d

‘Toothpick grooves’ in ancient fossil human teeth may not be from toothpicks after all

A new discovery could reshape how we interpret the fossil record of humans and their closest relatives.

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 7d

Timeline of Human Evolution Now in Question Thanks to Unearthed Skull Found in China

Decades after a skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province, researchers said they suspect a much earlier and more complex human evolutionary split than previously believed. The findings were part...

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 7d

Ancient DNA from horses slaughtered by Neanderthals sheds light on equine evolution | Science | AAAS

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 8d

Ancient Footprints Emerge From Sands Where Humans Shouldn’t Have Walked

Long buried under layers of desert sediment, a small cluster of ancient human footprints has surfaced in a place no one expected.

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 9d

Humans May Have Emerged Many Thousands of Years Before We Thought

Humans May Have Emerged Hundreds of Thousands of Years Earlier Than We Thought

Homo sapiens were thought to have appeared about 600,000 years ago, but two closely related million-year-old skulls suggest that our species might be even more ancient.

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 9d

Leopards delayed humans’ rise to top of the food chain

Tooth marks on ancient bones challenge previous assumptions about early human dominance, a study has found

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 10d

Neanderthals may have taken planned "vacations" to the beach - Earth.com

Neanderthals may have taken planned beach "vacations" based on 80,000-year-old footprints

Two new hominin track sites discovered on Portugal beaches change how we view Neanderthals’ relationship with coastlines.

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 10d

A compelling book about the end of the Neanderthals is a rare treat | New Scientist

A compelling book about the end of the Neanderthals is a rare treat

Forget the tropes about how violence or maybe volcanic eruptions killed off our ancient cousins, The Last Neanderthal by Ludovic Slimak offers a very different take on how they died out

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 14d

80,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Footprints Found in Portugal | Sci.News

Archaeologists have discovered two Neanderthals tracksites in the southwestern most region of Europe.

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 14d

Reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our enigmatic Ancestor X | New Scientist

Reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our enigmatic Ancestor X

The shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans may be far older than we thought – which could completely change our understanding of humanity's evolution

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 15d

Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, say scientists - BBC News

Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, say scientists

New analysis suggests our species began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 15d

Skull analysis illuminates the origins of ‘Dragon Man’ and the Denisovans | CNN

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 15d

Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans | Anthropology | The Guardian

Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans

Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 15d

We didn’t conquer the world alone. This is humanity’s untold origin story | BBC Science Focus Magazine

We’re discovering there were more characters, and more acts, in the tale of how Homo sapiens spread across the globe.

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 15d

An Unprecedented Prehistoric Discovery: A 50,000-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Neanderthals Had a Far Richer Diet Than Scientists Once Believed

Neanderthals weren’t the meat-obsessed brutes we imagined. Stunning new discoveries from European caves reveal a far more complex—and unexpected—side to their daily lives.

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 16d

Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests

New research on the size relationship between brains and wisdom teeth suggests that bigger brains aren’t necessarily the driving force in human evolution.

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 16d

New Study in Turkey Changes Paradigm of How Early Humans Reached Europe - Archaeology

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 16d

The hunted, not the hunters: AI reveals early humans were prey for leopards

A new study may be about to rewrite a part of our early human history. It has long been thought that Homo habilis, often considered the first true human species, was the one to turn the tables on the...

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Neanderthal News @neanderthalnews.bsky.social · 19d

Claims of pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no.

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette

Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.

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