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Neanderthals

Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility

Life

Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility

A handful of sexual encounters between humans and Neanderthals may have left people outside Africa with lighter skins, straight hair and some nasty diseases

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Life

There's no resting place for the human race

Opinion

Oldest human genome dug up in Spain's pit of bones

Life

Oldest human genome dug up in Spain's pit of bones

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Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

Life

Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

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Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans

Life

Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans

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Technology

Why string is one of the greatest inventions

Opinion

World's oldest string found at French Neanderthal site

Life

World's oldest string found at French Neanderthal site

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Life

Gene breakthrough shows Neanderthals in new light

Opinion

First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

Life

First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

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Life

Early weaning suggests Neanderthals matured faster

The barium levels in a Neanderthal child's molar indicate its mother stopped breastfeeding at 14 months – more than a year earlier than modern humans

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Life

Neanderthals may have swapped social lives for big eyes

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Humans

Bunnies implicated in the demise of Neanderthals

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Life

All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

Opinion

Life

First stone-tipped spear thrown earlier than thought

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