A team of archaeologists from the Max Planck Institute recently reexamined a set of artifacts recovered from the Shuqba Cave, which included a Neanderthal child’s tooth. It is the first evidence that Neanderthals made it that far south and makes it highly possible that Neanderthals could have reached Africa. The Shuqba Cave is located in […]
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Neanderthal Child’s Tooth Found in Palestinian Cave Tells A Tale of Africa
Scientists Create Fully Functioning Neanderthal Mini Brain
A deep and detailed analysis of Neanderthal DNA has revealed the existence of a distinct gene, called NOVA1, that would have significantly influenced early brain development in this long-extinct species. Laboratory tests on a Neanderthal ‘mini brain’ show that this gene produces changes in neural structure and activity that would have created dramatic divergence between […]
Neanderthal Interbreeding with Humans Rampant on Jersey?
Modern technology has allowed experts to re-analyze ancient Neanderthal teeth discovered at the start of the 20th century in a Jersey cave. They have been found to share attributes with those of modern humans, which could mean that there was more interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans than we previously thought. The 2010 publication of the […]
New Evidence Ends the Neanderthal Burial Debate
There is a longstanding debate about whether Neanderthals buried their dead or if this is a funerary rite unique to our species. However a new study may finally sway skeptics over to the side that intentional Neanderthal burials really did happen. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers led by members of the CNRS and the Muséum […]
Breaking News: Trapped Neanderthal Altamura Man Had A “Third Hand”
Altamura Man was a Neanderthal who lived in southern Italy at least 130,000 years ago. His fossilized skeleton was uncovered by a team of cavers in 1993 AD, entombed within calcite mineral deposits in the karst cave system near Altamura, a town in southern Italy. Altamura Man, the ancient hunter, represents the most complete and […]
Were Neanderthal Thumbs Better Adapted for Tennis?
If you needed repairs done 50,000 years ago you would have been better off with a team of Neanderthals rather than Homo sapiens, a new study has shown. The new research has been published in the journal Scientific Reports and suggests that Neanderthals may have “found precision grips… more challenging.” This means they were adapted […]
Just Like Us, Neanderthal Babies Ate Solid Food at 6 Months Old
A new study proves that just like modern humans, Neanderthal babies were also weaned at six months old. This fascinating new discovery comes after a team of researchers studied three Neanderthal milk teeth, and it determines that Neanderthal babies were weaned off breast milk at between 5 and 6 months of age. And what this […]
Oldest Ever Neanderthal Remains Found, Dating Back 116,000 Years!
In 2008 a team of archaeological excavators digging in the Stajnia Cave near Mirów in Poland, unearthed deeply-ancient tools among the remains of Neanderthal hunters. This discovery represented the first Neanderthal remains ever discovered in Poland. However, a recent shift in the scientific molecular clock indicates that these discoveries are not “55,000 years old,” as […]
Scientists to Grow ‘Mini-Brains’ Using Neanderthal DNA
Scientists to Grow ‘Mini-Brains’ Using Neanderthal DNA May 14th, 2018 Via: Guardian: Scientists are preparing to create “miniature brainsâ€� that have been genetically engineered to contain Neanderthal DNA, in an unprecedented attempt to understand how humans differ from our closest relatives. In the next […]
Cars set ablaze and police station attacked during anti-police brutality protest in Montreal
A demonstration against police brutality in Montreal, Canada, led to cars being set alight in the streets and a police station being attacked. The protest was sparked by the death of a black man who was killed by a police rubber bullet last month. The Wednesday demonstration was initially organized as a peaceful protest […]