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  • August 2008

    • Did We Slaughter the Neanderthals?

      Independent (UK)  |  Aug 8, 08 8:20 AM CDT

      Did We Slaughter the Neanderthals?

      (Newser) - Analysis of DNA from a thigh bone is helping solve the longstanding question of what happened to Neanderthals. Did they simply die off, were they killed by more modern humans—or did the two groups interbreed? DNA from the Neanderthal bone is so different from that of modern humans that interbreeding now appears highly unlikely, the Independent reports, making it likely that our ancestors were to blame. More »

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      DNA evidence  • human evolution  • Neanderthals  • prehistoric

  • March 2008

    • New Fossil Rocks Human History

      Bloomberg  |  Mar 27, 08 8:05 AM CDT

      New Fossil Rocks Human History

      (Newser) - An incredibly old jawbone discovered in a Spanish cave could rewrite human history, scientists say. The bone with teeth is 1.2 million years old and belongs to a long-extinct human ancestor called Homo antecessor. It's at least 300,000 years older than any other human fossil found in Europe. The discovery, along with stone tools and animal bones at the site, suggests that early humans colonized Europe much earlier than thought, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      Europe  • archaeology  • fossil  • anthropology  • Neanderthals  • origins of humanity  • jawbone  • Homo antecessor

  • February 2008

    • Stop Temper Tantrums Like a Caveman

      LiveScience  |  Feb 22, 08 12:28 PM CST

      Stop Temper Tantrums Like a Caveman

      (Newser) - When your kid has a temper tantrum, they’re a lot like a Neanderthal, reports LiveScience. Two-year-olds are still driven by instinct and emotion, explains one pediatrician, not the higher reasoning of mature adults. So don’t try to logic away a tantrum (“But honey you already have that action figure”), engage them with simple caveman sentences such as, “You are angry.” More »

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      parenting  • evolution  • toddler  • Neanderthals  • emotion  • temper tantrums

  • November 2007

    • Female Hunters May Have Doomed Neanderthals

      Boston Globe  |  Nov 11, 07 11:11 AM CST

      Female Hunters May Have Doomed Neanderthals

      (Newser) - "Stone Age feminism" may have contributed to the Neanderthals' extinction, says a recent study, which uses archaeological evidence to argue that Neanderthal females hunted—and were "stomped, gored, and worse"—alongside males. Pitting the "reproductive core" of a population that never topped 10,000 against giant beasts, reports the Boston Globe , "could bring doom to a hard-pressed species." More »

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      feminism  • human evolution  • Neanderthals  • homo sapiens

  • October 2007

    • Redheads May Date Back 200K Years

      LiveScience  |  Oct 26, 07 10:15 AM CDT

      Redheads May Date Back 200K Years

      (Newser) - Redheads made up at least 1% of the Neanderthal population, scientists have found by extracting genetic material from fossilized bones. The analyzed DNA yielded a gene that controls melanin production in skin and hair. "We can't say anything for the actual fossils we looked at, but we can be sure that part of the Neanderthal population was red-haired," says one researcher. More »

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      Neanderthals  • redhead

    • Me Caveman, Me Talk

      LiveScience  |  Oct 19, 07 5:20 AM CDT

      Me Caveman, Me Talk

      (Newser) - Neanderthals may have spoken much like we do, new research shows. Scientists examined a gene linked to language called FOXP2 in the DNA of cavemen bones discovered in northern Spain, and found that it was identical to ours. The gene is the only one known to be involved in human speech and language, though the lead researcher cautioned that others play a role. More »

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      DNA  • genes  • language  • speech  • genetic code  • Neanderthals

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