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Neanderthals

Excavations in the Denisova cave

Humans

Child tooth is fourth fossil clue to mysterious Denisovan humans

Genetic analysis shows a tooth from the Denisova cave in Siberia is only the fourth specimen from elusive early humans who lived alongside Neanderthals

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Ancient human skulls

Life

We may have mated with Neanderthals more than 219,000 years ago

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Humans

Meet ‘Neo’, the most complete skeleton of Homo naledi ever found

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Models of the skulls of human ancestors

Life

Ancient humans: What we know and still don’t know about them

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A sample containing DNA

Life

Mud DNA means we can detect ancient humans even without fossils

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Illustration of a mastodon

Humans

First Americans may have been Neanderthals 130,000 years ago

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Person cutting notches into bone with close-up of notched Neanderthal version on the left

Humans

Neanderthal artist revealed in a finely carved raven bone

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Neanderthals sat round a campfire with bits of meat hanging up in the foreground

Humans

Neanderthals may have medicated with penicillin and painkillers

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LIGO

Environment

The 12 biggest and best science stories of 2016

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artwork

Health

Super-you: The mutant powers you get from outsider genes

Genes from other species, and cells from your relatives, live inside your body – and they hint at how we can improve ourselves

Features

Humans

Humans have purged the bad genes from our Neanderthal hook-ups

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Humans

Cave fires and rhino skull used in Neanderthal burial rituals

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Humans

Ice age fashion showdown: Neanderthal capes versus human hoodies

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Humans

Tolerance of smoke may have given us an edge over Neanderthals

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