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NEWS ABOUT: Neanderthals

Neanderthals stories: 12 news summaries

 Anthropologist: 
 Modern Male 
 Is 'Worst' 
 Man Ever 

We're not as robust, Aussie argues in new book

Oct 14, 09 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is such a girly man by Neanderthal standards that some caveman's wife could have kicked his ass in arm wrestling, an Australian anthropologist argues in his new book. In fact, Peter McAllister calls modern males the "worst" men in history, at least when it comes... More »

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men • Arnold Schwarzenegger • modern man • anthropology • Neanderthals • cavemen • muscle strength • Aboriginal • anthropologist • Peter McAllister

 How Did Neanderthals Die? 
 We Ate Them 

New study suggests cannibalism by modern humans

May 17, 09 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Anthropologists may have solved the mystery of how the Neanderthals died out. A new study suggests they were hunted and eaten by modern human beings, reports the Guardian. The controversial theory argues that a Neanderthal jaw bone shows signs of butchering similar to the techniques humans used on deer in... More »

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research articles • competition • anthropology • Neanderthals • cannibalism • early humans

(Newser) - Scientists have discovered a 47 million-year-old primate fossil that they believe represents the common ancestor of all later monkeys, apes, and humans, reports the Wall Street Journal. The find supports a theory that humans' ancient ape-like ancestor was an adapid, which is also believed to be linked to lemurs. The... More »

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paleontology • fossil • anthropology • skeleton • Neanderthals • prehistoric • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology • primates

 Meet 
 the First 
 European 


Forensic artist reconstructs face of first modern human found in Europe

May 5, 09 3:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meet the first modern European. His face—or hers, as researchers have been unable to determine the sex—was reconstructed by a forensic artist based on a partial skull and jawbone discovered in a Romanian cave. The facial features linked to the 35,000-year-old bones recall the continent's immediate African... More »

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evolution • BBC • fossil • homo sapien • bone • anthropology • Homo habilis • Homo erectus • Neanderthals • Romania • caves • cavemen • ice age

(Newser) - Scientists using ancient fossils have pieced together a rough draft of Neanderthals' genetic code, the Times of London reports. The development could eventually shed light on how they thought, spoke, and functioned, and why they disappeared. Because Neanderthals are humans' closest relatives, scientists may be able to get a better... More »

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DNA • genome • Neanderthals

 They Weren't
 Such 'Neanderthals'

Early man brighter than suspected, researchers find

Aug 26, 08 2:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neanderthals were just as smart as their stone-age rivals, the latest research into the roots of mankind concludes. Scientific teams who learned how to make and use Neanderthal tools found their technology just as efficient as that used by Homo sapiens, reports the Independent. The study runs counter to... More »

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extinction • homo sapiens • Neanderthals • Southern Methodist University • Exeter University • tools • Stone Age • Texas State University

 Did We Slaughter
 the Neanderthals?

DNA probe sheds light on early humans' doom 

Aug 8, 08 8:20 AM CDT
(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... More »

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human evolution • Neanderthals • prehistoric • DNA evidence

 New Fossil Rocks Human History

Indicates man settled in Europe far earlier than thought

Mar 27, 08 8:05 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Stop Temper Tantrums Like
a Caveman

Smart parents talk to kids like the vicious
little primitives they are

Feb 22, 08 12:28 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Female Hunters May Have Doomed Neanderthals

Study says feminist practices put the 'reproductive core' in harm's way

Nov 11, 07 11:11 AM CST
(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... More »

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feminism • human evolution • homo sapiens • Neanderthals

Redheads May Date Back
200K Years

Scientists find evidence of flame-haired Neanderthals

Oct 26, 07 10:15 AM CDT
(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... More »

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redhead • Neanderthals

Me Caveman, Me Talk

Gene indicates Neanderthals may
 have had language capabilities like ours

Oct 19, 07 5:20 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

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