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Neanderthals

Neanderthal and human skulls side by side

Humans

Neanderthal skulls and brains may have developed just like ours

The way that skull shape changed as Neanderthals grew up suggests that they were just as smart as us, although it's still a contentious finding

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Smallish stalagmites vaguely discernible as arranged in a jumbled ring on a limestone cave floor

Humans

Neanderthals built mystery underground circles 175,000 years ago

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Three skulls, black background

Humans

Game of bones: first Europeans' shifting fortunes found in DNA

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human Neanderthal

Humans

The 4 genetic traits that helped humans conquer the world

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undead artwork

Humans

Meet our hybrid ancestors who kept extinct humans' DNA alive

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Missing Y chromosome kept us apart from Neanderthals

Humans

Missing Y chromosome kept us apart from Neanderthals

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Cavers

Humans

Oldest ever human genome sequence may rewrite human history

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Neaderthals

Humans

Our first sex with Neanderthals happened 100,000 years ago

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A skull, through the eye socket of which you can see a person's left eye

Life

Our Neanderthal genes linked to risk of depression and addiction

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Humans adapted to Arctic life 10,000 years earlier than thought

Life

Humans adapted to Arctic life 10,000 years earlier than thought

Evidence of a mammoth and wolf attacked by weapons suggests humans were on America's doorstep as early as 45,000 years ago

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Humans

Uncommon ancestor

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Humans

The three ancestral tribes that founded Western civilisation

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Life

Gene study shows humans took Egyptian path out of Africa

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