Homo sapiens neanderthalensis

"Neandertals"

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"Neanderthal" -- Guardian

see also
 Archaic Archaeological Stage
  Denisovans
  Archaics
  Homo sapiens heidelbergensis
Prehistoric Diets

• Neanderthal DNA may explain why some of us are morning people -- The Guardian (14 December 2023)
  
  
• 'Viking disease' hand disorder may come from Neanderthal genes -- PHYS ORG (14 June 2023)
  
  
• Some Neanderthals hunted bigger animals, across a larger range, than modern humans-- The Conversation (11 May 2023)
  
  
• Early risers may have inherited faster body clocks from Neanderthals -- NewScientist (15 February 2023)
  
  
• ‘Surprisingly tasty’: putting Neanderthal cooking to the test -- The Guardian (26 November 2022)
  
  
• Oldest cooked leftovers ever found suggest Neanderthals were foodies -- The Guardian (36 November 2022)
  
  
• The Neanderthals: Tracking our Ancestors (42:25, 2021) -- Deutsche Welle
  
  
• New study pinpoints 1 essential way Neanderthals were like us [language] -- INVERSE (01 March 2021)
  
  
• A genetic advantage inherited from Neanderthals could give some people a 22% lower risk of severe COVID-19 -- INSIDER (18 February 2021)
  
  
• End of Neanderthals linked to flip of Earth's magnetic poles, study suggests -- The Guardian (18 February 2021)
  
  
• Ancient stone tool rewrites a chapter of human history -- INVERSE (12 December 2020)
  
  
• Child's bones buried 40,000 years ago solve long-standing Neanderthal mystery [burial] -- LiveScience (11 December 2020)
  
  
• Neanderthals may have used their hands differently from humans -- CNN (27 November 2020)
  
  
• Did Neanderthals go to war with our ancestors? -- BBCfuture (02 November 2020)
  
  
• Neanderthal genes increase risk of serious Covid-19, study claims -- The Guardian (30 September 2020)
  
  
• Neanderthal genetics study reveals missing link in human history -- INVERSE (24 September 2020)
  
  
• Understanding Human Evolution: Neanderthal DNA Contributes to Genetic Diversity -- SciTechDaily (5 August 2020)
  
  
• Archaeology breakthrough: Neanderthals were NOT wiped out by climate change - study -- Express (22 July 2020)
  
  
• DNA Linked to Covid-19 Was Inherited From Neanderthals, Study Finds -- The New York Times (04 July 2020)
  
  
• Humans and Neanderthals: Less different than polar and brown bears -- PhysOrg (3 June 2020)
  
  
• Occupation of the last Neanderthal groups in the Cantabrian region -- PhysOrg (26 May 2020)
  
  
• What having Neanderthal DNA means for modern people -- INVERSE (27 May 2020)
  
  
• Humans and Neanderthals 'co-existed in Europe for far longer than thought' -- The Guardian (11 May 2020)
  
  
• Icelandic DNA Jigsaw-Puzzle Puts Together New Image of Neanderthals -- SciTechDaily (26 April 2020)
  
  
• 50,000-year-old string found at France Neanderthal site -- BBCNews (13 April 2020)
  
  
• Discovery of Neanderthal material culture gives crucial insight into their minds -- INVERSE (09 April 2020)
  
  
• We may now know what our common ancestor with Neanderthals looked like -- NewScientist (01 April 2020)
  
  
• Cave find shows Neanderthals collected seafood, scientists say -- The Guardian (26 March 2020)
  
  
• Scientists discover Neanderthal skeleton that hints at flower burial -- The Guardian (18 February 2020)
  
  
• Neanderthal Genes Hint at Much Earlier Human Migration From Africa -- The New York Times (31 January 2020)
  
  
• How did the last Neanderthals live? -- BBCfuture (29 January 2020)
  
  
• Stone tools reveal epic trek of nomadic Neanderthals -- TheConversation (27 January 2020)
  
  
• Neanderthals dived for shells to make tools, research suggests -- The Guardian (15 January 2020)
  
  
• In Russia's Far North, a Lone Group of Neanderthals May Have Been the Last of Their Kind -- Discover (14 January 2020)
  
  
• Bad luck may have caused Neanderthals' extinction -- The Guardian (27 November 2019)
  
  
• Neanderthals may have been able to start fires -- Gizmodo (25 October 2019)
  
  
• Neanderthal 'glue' points to complex thinking -- BBCNews (21 October 2019)
  
  
• Scientists Now Believe They Know Why Neanderthals Went Extinct -- The Vintage News (06 October 2019)
  
  
• A Skull Bone Discovered in Greece May Alter the Story of Human Prehistory -- The New York Times (10 July 2019)
  
  
• Declining fertility rates may explain Neanderthal extinction, suggests new model -- PhysOrg (29 May 2019)
  
  
• Human ancestors ate other humans because they were easier to catch -- NewYorkPost (10 May 2019)
  
  
• Denisovan Jawbone Discovered in a Cave in Tibet -- The New York Times (01 May 2019)
  
  
• Why we still underestimate the Neanderthals -- BBCNews (24 January 2019)
  
  
• Hall of Human Origins [K-12] -- American Museum of Natural History
  
  
• Cave girl was half Neanderthal, half Denisovan -- BBCNews (22 August 2018)
  
  
• New Theory Explains Why Homo Sapiens Outlived the Neanderthals -- INVERSE (31 July 2018)
  
  
• ‘Neanderthals were perhaps capable of many modern human behaviours’ -- The Guardian (07 April 2018)
  
  
• New research sheds light on Neanderthals' distinctive features -- The Guardian (03 April 2018)
  
  
• Neanderthals were capable of making art -- BBCNews (23 February 2018)
  
  
• How Neanderthal are you… and can you blame your DNA? -- The Guardian (03 December 2017)
  
  
• Neanderthal brains 'grew more slowly' -- BBCNews (22 September 2017)
  
  
• Neanderthals 'self-medicated' for pain -- BBCNews (08 March 2017)
  
  
• Neanderthal Dental Plaque Shows What a Paleo Diet Really Looks Like -- The Atlantic (08 March 2017)
  
  
• Your face is probably more primitive than a Neanderthal's -- BBCEarth (15 February 2017)
  
  
• Neanderthals Were People, Too -- The New York Times (11 January 2017)
  
  
• Why You Don’t Have Much Neanderthal DNA in Your Genome -- The New York Times (08 November 2016)
  
  
• Schizophrenia Emerged After Humans Diverged From Neanderthals -- ScienceDaily (15 August 2016)
  
  
• Gibraltar Caves Reveal Neanderthals' Secrets -- BBC News (31 July 2016)
  
  
• How Parka Jackets Saved Early Humans From the Chilly Fate of the Neanderthals -- Telegraph (30 July 2016)
  
  
• Neandertal Baby Brains May Have Grown Like Ours -- Science (25 July 2016)
  
  
• Neanderthals in Germany: First population peak, then sudden extinction -- ScienceDaily (21 July 2016)
  
  
• A tiny engraving on a rock suggests Neanderthals made art -- BBCEarth (14 July 2016)
  
  
• Neanderthal Dinner: Reindeer With A Side Of Cannibalism -- NPR (14 July 2016)
  
  
• Belgian Neanderthals 'Were Eating Each Other 40,000 Years Ago' -- Guardian (06 July 2016)
  
  
• Cannibalism among late Neanderthals in northern Europe -- ScienceDaily (06 July 2016)
  
  
• Inbred Neanderthals Left Humans a Genetic Burden -- Phys.org (06 June 2016)
  
  
• Neanderthals Were Stocky From Birth -- Phys.org (26 May 2016)
  
  
• Mysterious Cave Rings Show Neanderthals Liked To Build -- NPR (26 May 2016)
  
  
• Did Neanderthals create stone rings found in France? -- BBC News (26 May 2016)
  
  
• Neanderthal stone ring structures found in French cave -- BBC News (25 May 2016)
  
  
• Neanderthals Built Cave Structures — and No One Knows Why -- Nature (25 May 2016)
  
  
• Climate Change May Have Contributed to Extinction of Neanderthals -- ScienceDaily (11 May 2016)
  
  
• The 2 Million Year Melee: Neanderthals vs. Humans -- Earth Institute (08 May 2016)
  
  
• When It Came To Food, Neanderthals Weren't Exactly Picky Eaters -- NPR (29 April 2016)
  
  
• Face of Neanderthal 'Altamura Man' Recreated -- Discovery News (27 April 2016)
  
  
• Neandertal versus Modern Human Dietary Responses to Climatic Fluctuations -- PLoS ONE (27 April 2016)
  
  
• What Neanderthals' healthy teeth tell us about their minds -- BBCearth (19 April 2016)
  
  
• Neanderthal Table Manners: They Used Toothpicks, Too -- LiveScience (14 April 2016)
  
  
• The surprising way Neanderthals got herpes -- BBCearth (12 April 2016)
  
  
• Neanderthals May Have Died of Diseases Carried by Humans From Africa -- Guardian (10 April 2016)
  
  
• Modern Human Females and Male Neandertals Had Trouble Making babies. Here’s Why -- Science (07 April 2016)
  
  
• How Diet Shaped Human Evolution -- ScienceDaily (29 March 2016)
  
  
• Novel Collagen Fingerprinting Identifies a Neanderthal Bone Among 2,000 Fragments -- Phys.org (29 March 2016)
  
  
• Ancient DNA identifies 'early Neanderthals' -- BBC News (14 March 2016)
  
  
• Oldest Ancient-Human DNA Details Dawn of Neanderthals -- Nature (14 March 2016)
  
  
• Neanderthal Diet: 80% Meat, 20% Fruit, Veggies -- Discovery News (14 March 2016)
  
  
• Original Paleo Diet Included Red Meat, Starchy Veggies -- Discovery News (09 March 2016)
  
  
• Neandertals May Have Used Chemistry to Start Fires -- Science (29 February 2016)
  
  
• Human Genes Found in Neanderthal Remains -- The Scout Report (February 19, 2016, Volume 22, Number 7)
  
  
• Neanderthals and humans interbred '100,000 years ago' -- BBC News (17 February 2016)
  
  
• 'Health risk' legacy from Neanderthals -- BBC News (12 February 2016)
  
  
• Neanderthal Genes Make Us Depressed, Smoke -- Discovery News (11 February 2016)
  
  
• Our Hidden Neandertal DNA May Increase Risk of Allergies, Depression -- Science (11 February 2016)
  
  
• Model Suggests Neanderthal Extinction Occurred Due to Human Cultural Superiority -- Phys.org (02 February 2016)
  
  
• Itchy Eyes? Sneezing? Maybe Blame That Allergy On Neanderthals -- NPR (11 January 2016)
  
  
• Itchy eyes? Sneezing? Maybe blame that allergy on Neanderthals -- MPRNews (07 January 2016)
  
  
• Human-Neanderthal Relationships May Be at Root of Modern Allergies -- Guardian (07 January 2016)
  
  
• ‘Virtual fossil’ reveals last common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals -- ScienceDaily (18 December 2015)
  
  
• Why Humans Have Slender Faces and Neanderthals Don't -- LiveScience (15 December 2015)
  
  
• Difference between facial growth of Neanderthals and modern humans -- ScienceDaily (07 December 2015)
  
  
• Neanderthals ‘Kept Our Early Ancestors Out of Europe’ -- Guardian (17 October 2015)
  
  
• Neanderthal 'flower children' burials theory debunked -- Telegraph (09 October 2015)
  
  
• How a One Night Stand in the Ice Age Affects Us All Today -- Conversation (07 October 2015)
  
  
• Archaeologists Ousted by ISIS Return to Ancient Iraqi Cave -- Nature (02 October 2015)
  
  
• Why are we the only species still alive? -- BBC News (29 September 2013)
  
  
• Siberian Cave Was Home to Generations of Mysterious Ancient Humans -- Science (15 September 2015)
  
  
• Did ‘Rising Star’ Shine Too Bright? -- Conversation (14 September 2015)
  
  
• DNA from Neandertal Relative May Shake Up Human Family Tree -- Science (11 September 2015)
  
  
• The Human Body Has Undergone Four Main Stages of Evolution -- Past Horizons (01 September 2015)
  
  
• The mystery of Neanderthals' massive eyes -- BBC News (05 August 2015)
  
  
• Neanderthals Had Outsize Effect on Human Biology -- Nature (29 July 2015)
  
  
• Paleontologists Use Genomics to Delve Into the Lives of Ancient Humans -- Phys.org (07 July 2015)
  
  
• Ancient Human With 10 Percent Neanderthal Genes Found -- Discovery News (22 June 2015)
  
  
• Modern Humans and Neanderthals 'Interbred in Europe' -- BBC News (22 June 2015)
  
  
• Why did modern humans hunt and eat rabbit while Neanderthals didn’t? -- Past Horizons (10 June 2015)
  
  
• What Rabbits Can Tell Us About Neanderthal Extinction -- ScienceDaily (08 June 2015)
  
  
• Ancient Carnivores Had a Taste for Neanderthal Meat -- Smithsonian (26 May 2015)
  
  
• Early European May Have Had Neanderthal Great-Great-Grandparent -- Nature (13 May 2015)
  
  
• Technological Innovation May Not Have Led Modern Humans Into Europe -- Past Horizons (28 April 2015)
  
  
• Human hunting weapons may not have caused the demise of the Neanderthals -- ScienceDaily (28 April 2015)
  
  
• Did Neanderthals Die Off Because They Couldn't Harness Fire? -- LiveScience (20 April 2015)
  
  
• Neanderthal Chefs May Have Spiced Up Menus with Wild Herbs -- New Scientist (15 April 2015)
  
  
• Strange Rituals or Cannibalism? Neanderthals Manipulated Bodies of Adults and Children Shortly After Death -- ScienceDaily (14 April 2015)
  
  
• Neanderthals Didn't Have Them - So Why Did Human Chins Evolve? -- Science 2.0 (13 April 2015)
  
  
• Are Neanderthal Bone Flutes the Work of Ice Age Hyenas? -- Phys.org (09 April 2015)
  
  
• Altamura Man Yields Oldest Neanderthal DNA Sample -- Phys.org (03 April 2015)
  
  
• The stapes in the middle ear of a Neanderthal child shows anatomical differences from humans -- ScienceDaily (27 March 2015)
  
  
• Neanderthals Shape Up as Globe's First Jewellers -- Phys.org (21 March 2015)
  
  
• Volcanic eruption ruled out as the cause for Neanderthal extinction -- Past Horizons (21 March 2015)
  
  
• Neanderthals Wore Eagle Talons as Jewellery -- Nature (11 March 2015)
  
  
• Evidence for Neandertal Jewelry: Modified White-Tailed Eagle Claws at Krapina -- PLoS ONE (11 March 2015)
  
  
• Did Dog-Human Alliance Drive Out the Neanderthals? -- National Geographic News (04 March 2015)
  
  
• How hunting with wolves helped humans outsmart the Neanderthals -- The Guardian (28 February 2015)
  
  
• Neanderthals Divvied Up Chores by Sex -- Smithsonian (20 February 2015)
  
  
• Grooves in Neanderthal Teeth Suggests Division of Labour Between Sexes -- Past Horizons (19 February 2015)
  
  
• A New Theory on How Neanderthal DNA Spread in Asia -- New York Times (19 February 2015)
  
  
• Neanderthals Disappear from Iberian Peninsula Before Modern Human Arrival -- Past Horizons (06 February 2015)
  
  
• How Modern Humans Ate Their Way to World Dominance -- Science (06 February 2015)
  
  
• Skull discovery suggests location where humans first had sex with Neanderthals -- Guardian (28 January 2015)
  
  
• Humans and Neandertals Likely Interbred in Middle East -- Science (28 January 2015)
  
  
• Is This a New Species of Human? -- BBC Earth (22 January 2015)
  
  
• Middle Pleistocene Hominin Teeth from Longtan Cave, Hexian, China -- PLoS ONE (31 December 2014)
  
  
• Research Finds Neanderthals Were More Thoughtful Than We Once Imagined -- Washington Post (19 January 2015)
  
  
• Different Tastes: How Our Human Ancestors' Diets Evolved -- LiveScience (16 January 2015)
  
  
• Neanderthals Knew How to Work Bone for Tool Use 55,000 Years Ago -- Past Horizons (14 January 2015)
  
  
• Did a Volcano Wipe Out the Neanderthals? -- LiveScience (30 December 2014)
  
  
• Archaeologists examine 250,000 year old Neanderthal site -- Past Horizons (21 November 2014)
  
  
• Research supports Neanderthals as a separate species -- Past Horizons (20 November 2014)
  
  
• Ancient DNA shows earliest European genomes weathered the Ice Age: Neanderthal interbreeding clues and a mystery human lineage -- Science Daily (06 November 2014)
  
  
• Humans Would Beat Neanderthals in Marathon -- Discovery News (31 October 2014)
  
  
• Newly Discovered Engraving May Revise Picture of Neanderthal Intelligence -- National Geographic News (01 September 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthal 'artwork' found in Gibraltar cave -- BBC News (01 September 2014)
  
  
• The Neanderthal survival game -- Nature Video (20 August 2014)
  
  
• New dates rewrite Neanderthal story -- BBC News (20 August 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthals and humans 'co-existed' longer than thought -- BBC News (20 August 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthals Ate Barbecued Pigeon -- Guardian (07 August 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthal trait found in archaic early human skull -- Past Horizons (08 July 2014)
  
  
• Ancient Inner Ear Suggests Neanderthals Got Around -- Discovery News (07 July 2014)
  
  
• Did Neanderthals Eat Plants? The Proof May Be In The Poop -- NPR (26 June 2014)
  
  
• Oldest human faeces show Neanderthals ate vegetables -- BBC News (25 June 2014)
  
  
• The Neanderthal Meal: A New Perspective Using Faecal Biomarkers -- PLoS ONE (25 June 2014)
  
  
• What Discovery of Oldest Human Poop Reveals About Neanderthals' Diet -- National Geographic (25 June 2014)
  
  
• How To Become A Neanderthal: Chew Before Thinking -- NPR (19 June 2014)
  
  
• Bonanza of Skulls in 'Pit of Bones' Changes View of Neanderthals -- National Geographic News (19 June 2014)
  
  
• Fossils Put a New Face on the Ancestors of Neandertals -- Science (19 June 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthals Were Not Less Intelligent Than Modern Humans, Scientists Find -- Guardian (30 April 2014)
  
  
• Neandertal Demise: An Archaeological Analysis of the Modern Human Superiority Complex -- PLoS ONE (30 April 2014)
  
  
• Hot Stew in the Ice Age? Evidence Shows Neanderthals Boiled Food -- National Geographic News (30 April 2014)
  
  
• Cuddly Neanderthals With Parenting Skills -- LiveScience (28 April 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthals Lived in Small, Isolated Populations, Gene Analysis Shows -- National Geographic News (22 April 2014)
  
  
• Epigenetic Changes That Distinguish Us from Neanderthal and Denisovan -- Past Horizons (22 April 2014)
  
  
• How to Build a Neanderthal -- Nature (17 April 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons Did Not Coexist on the Iberian Peninsula, Suggests Re-analysis of Dating -- Science Daily (14 April 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthals were no strangers to good parenting -- Science Daily (09 April 2014)
  
  
• Humans and Neandertals Interbred, New Method Confirms -- Science Daily (08 April 2014)
  
  
• Did Europeans Get Fat From Neandertals? -- Science (01 April 2014)
  
  
• Fecal Fossils Reveal Much About the Original Paleo Diet -- The Scout Report, June 27, 2014 -- Volume 20,
  
  
• Human Evolution: The Neanderthal in the Family -- Nature (26 March 2014)
  
  
• Pääbo, Svante. Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes. NY: Basic Books, 2014.
  
  
• Neanderthals and Me: We Go Back a Long Way -- Guardian (22 March 2014)
  
  
• Talking Neanderthals Challenge the Origins of Speech -- Science Daily (02 March 2014)
  
  
• Could Neanderthals Talk Like Us? -- Discovery News (10 March 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthals Cleared of Driving Mammoths Over Cliff in Mass Slaughter -- Guardian (28 February 2014)
  
  
• Svante Pääbo: The DNA Hunter Taking Us Back to Our Roots -- Guardian (15 February 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes by Svante Pääbo – Review -- Guardian (19 February 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthal Genes Live On In Our Hair And Skin -- NPR (29 January 2014)
  
  
• Fifth of Neanderthals' genetic code lives on in modern humans -- Guardian (29 January 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthals gave us disease genes -- BBC News (29 January 2014)
  
  
• New Method Rescues DNA from Contaminated Neandertal Bones -- ScienceDaily (27 January 2014)
  
  
• Meet the Ancestors - Best Ever Reconstruction of Early Humans and Neanderthals -- Telegraph (13 January 2014)
  
  
• What Did Prehistoric Humans Eat? Photos -- Discovery News (07 January 2014)
  
  
• Neanderthal Speech – Hyoid Bone Hypothesis -- Past Horizons (01 January 2014)
  
  
• 'Neanderthal' Remains Actually Medieval Human -- Discovery News (30 December 2013)
  
  
• Diabetes Risk Gene 'from Neanderthals' -- BBC News (25 December 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthals Could Speak Like Modern Humans, Study Suggests -- BBC News (20 December 2013)
  
  
• Mystery Early Human Revealed by DNA Data -- BBC News (18 December 2013)
  
  
• Toe Fossil Provides Complete Neanderthal Genome -- New York Times (18 December 2013)
  
  
• Sunlight Adaptation Region of Neanderthal Genome Found in Up to 65 Percent of Modern East Asian Population -- ScienceDaily (18 December 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthal Burials Confirmed as Ancient Ritual -- National Geographic News (16 December 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthals and the Dead -- New York Times (16 December 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthals were pioneers of domestic bliss -- Telegraph (03 December 2013)
  
  
• Rock Shelter Evidence Shows Neanderthals Organised Their Living Spaces -- Past Horizons (03 December 2013)
  
  
• 'Immune Gene' in Humans Inherited from Neanderthals, Study Suggests -- ScienceDaily (22 November 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthal Viruses Found in Modern Humans -- ScienceDaily (19 November 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthal Stone Tools and Flakes Discovered in Netherlands -- Past Horizons (17 November 2013)
  
  
• World's Oldest String Found at French Neanderthal Site -- New Scientist (13 November 2013)
  
  
• Much Earlier Split for Neanderthals, Humans? -- National Geographic News (21 October 2013)
  
  
• Is This the Stomach-Turning Truth About What the Neanderthals Ate? -- Guardian (19 October 2013)
  
  
• The Home of the Last Neanderthals --  Past Horizons (20 October 2013)
  
  
• Archaeologists Rediscover the Lost Home of the Last Neanderthals -- ScienceDaily (17 October 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthal Used Toothpicks to Mitigate Pain --  Past Horizons (19 October 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthals Used Toothpicks to Alleviate the Pain of Diseases Related to Teeth -- ScienceDaily (17 October 2013)
  
  
• UC Davis Researchers Find Neandertals, Not Modern Humans, Made First Bone Tools --  EurekAlert (20 September 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthals Eating Salmon 40,000 Years Ago in the Caucasus --  Past Horizons (17 September 2013)
  
  
• Who Was Eating Salmon 45,000 Years Ago in the Caucasus? Neandertals Probably Not as Rigid in Their Diet as Thought --  ScienceDaily (17 September 2013)
  
  
• As Fashion Week Ends, Pondering the Origins of Clothes -- National Geographic News (11 September 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthal hand axes reveal two distinctive cultural traditions -- Past Horizons (20 August 2013)
  
  
• Handaxe Design Reveals Distinct Neanderthal Cultures -- ScienceDaily (19 August 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthals polished hides with tools made of deer ribs -- NBC News (12 August 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthals may have invented a tool that is still in use today -- Guardian (12 August 2013)
  
  
• Why Did the Neanderthals Die Out? -- Guardian (1 June 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthal Greek Paradise Found -- Discovery News (22 May 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthals: Extinction by BBQ? -- Discovery News (22 May 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthal Culture: Old Masters -- Nature (15 May 2013)
  
  
• [video] Decoding the Neanderthals -- NOVA, PBS
  
  
• Trove of Neanderthal Bones Found in Greek Cave -- LiveScience (01 April 2013)
  
  
• How Far North Did the Neanderthals Go? -- ScienceNordic (01 April 2013)
  
  
• First Love Child of Human, Neanderthal Found -- Discovery News (27 March 2013)
  
  
• Possible Interbreeding in Late Italian Neanderthals? New Data from the Mezzena Jaw (Monti Lessini, Verona, Italy) -- PLoS ONE (27 March 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthals: Facts About Our Extinct Human Relatives -- LiveScience (19 March 2013)
  
  
• Neanderthals' Large Eyes 'Caused Their Demise' -- BBC News (12 March 2013)
  
  
• Ancient People and Neandertals Were Extreme Travelers -- Science News (08 March 2013)
  
  
• What Killed Neanderthals? Scientists Blame Those Rascally Rabbits -- NBC News (06 March 2013)
  
  
• Return of the Neanderthals -- National Geographic News (06 March 2013)
  
  
• Refugia and Ice Age Evolution -- Past Horizons (05 March 2013)
  
  
• Last-stand Neanderthals queried -- BBC News (5 February 2013)
  
  
• Could a Surrogate Mother Deliver a Neanderthal Baby? -- LiveScience (21 January 2013)
  
  
• Have a Neanderthal baby and save humanity -- Guardian (21 January 2013)
  
  
• Wynn, Thomas, and Frederick L. Coolidge. How to Think Like a Neandertal. NY: Oxford University Press, 2012.
  
  
• Neanderthals May Have Sailed to Crete -- Discovery News (15 November 2012)
  
  
• 'Helmut' the Mammoth Found Near Paris -- Telegraph (f08 November 2012)
  
  
• Flint flake hints at mammoth butchery -- Past Horizons (13 November 2012)
  
  
• Who Didn't Have Sex with Neanderthals? -- Discovery News (01 November 2012)
  
  
• Extremely Rare Interbreeding Events Can Explain Neanderthal DNA in Living Humans -- PLoS ONE (24 October 2012)
  
  
• How Scientists Recreated Neanderthal Man -- BBC News (23 October 2012)
  
  
• Key Element for Identifying Western Eurasian Neanderthals Questioned -- Past Horizons (23 October 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthals ... They're Just Like Us? -- National Geographic News (12 October 2012)
  
  
• Humans broke off Neanderthal sex after leaving Africa -- MSNBC (04 October 2012)
  
  
• The Date of Interbreeding between Neandertals and Modern Humans -- PLoS Genetics (04 October 2012)
  
  
• Europeans Did Not Inherit Pale Skins from Neanderthals -- NewScientist (26 September 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthals May Have Worn Dark Feathers -- Discovery News (19 September 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthals Used Feathers as 'Personal Ornaments' -- BBC News (17 September 2012)
  
  
• Capacity for language implied by right-handedness in Neanderthals -- Past Horizons (08 September 2012)
  
  
• Most Neanderthals Were Right-Handed Like Us -- LiveScience (24 August 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthals did not interbreed with humans, scientists find -- Telegraph (14 August 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthal breeding idea doubted -- BBC News (13 August 2012)
  
  
• Neandertals Didn't Bite the Volcanic Dust -- Science (23 July 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthals Self-Medicated? -- National Geographic News (20 July 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthals at El Sidron had knowledge of plants’ healing qualities -- Past Horizons (27 July 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthals' Macho Image May Be Wrong -- Telegraph (18 July 2012)
  
  
• Neandertal Humeri May Reflect Adaptation to Scraping Tasks, but Not Spear Thrusting -- PLoS ONE (18 July 2012)
  
  
• Gower Cave Reindeer Carving Is Britain's Oldest Rock Art -- BBC News (29 June 2012)
  
  
• A More Super Super-Eruption: Were Neanderthals Driven Out? -- MSNBC (21 June 2012-06)
  
  
• Were Neanderthals the earliest cave artists? -- Selina Haefeli, Science Illustrated (15 June 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthals may have been first human species to create cave paintings -- Past Horizons (14 June 2012)
  
  
• World's Oldest Cave Art Found—Made by Neanderthals? -- National Geographic News (14 June 2012)
  
  
• Red Dot Becomes 'Oldest Cave Art' -- BBC News (14 June 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthals may have been first human species to create cave paintings -- Guardian (14 June 2012)
  
  
• Famous Cave Paintings Might Not Be From Humans -- NPR (15 June 2012)
  
  
• Favourite Science Writing: Sleeping with Neanderthals [Svante Pääbo] -- Guardian (18 April 2012)
  
  
• Sleeping with the Enemy: What happened between the Neanderthals and us? [Svante Pääbo] -- Elizabeth Kolbert The New Yorker (15 August 2011)
  
  
• European Neandertals Were On the Verge of Extinction Long Before Humans Showed Up -- ScienceDaily (26 March 2012)
  
  
• Were Some Neandertals Brown-Eyed Girls? -- Science (19 March 2012)
  
  
• Western Neanderthals already a fading light before arrival of modern humans -- Past Horizons (27 February 2012)
  
  
• DNA reveals Neanderthal extinction clues -- BBC News (27 February 2012)
  
  
• First Neanderthal Cave Paintings Discovered in Spain -- New Scientist (10 February 2012)
  
  
• Neanderthal Demise Due to Many Influences -- Past Horizons (07 February 2012)
  
  
• Into the Mind of a Neanderthal -- New Scientist (18 January 2012)
  
  
• Last Neanderthals Near the Arctic Circle? -- Past Horizons (27 December 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthals Built Homes With Mammoth Bones -- Telegraph (18 December 2011)
  
  
• Bulging Brain Structures Separate Us from Neanderthals -- Live Science (13 December 2011)
  
  
• Follow Your Nose: Compared to Neanderthals, Modern Humans Have a Better Sense of Smell -- ScienceDaily (14 December 2011)
  
  
• Neandertals’ Mammoth Building Project -- Science News (02 December 2011)
  
  
• Climate Change May Have Doomed Neanderthals -- Discovery News (18 November 2011)
  
  
• Dear Professor, I Think My Husband May Be a Neanderthal -- Guardian (16 November 2011)
  
  
• First Known Europeans Identified -- Discovery News (02 November 2011)
  
  
• Asians, Too, Mated With Archaic Humans, DNA Hints -- National Geographic News (01 November 2011)
  
  
• Short legged Neanderthals: mystery solved? -- Past Horizons (28 October 2011)
  
  
• 'Dumb' Neanderthals Likely Had a Smart Diet -- Live Science (01 October 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthal Use of Fish, Mammals, Birds, Starchy Plants and Wood 125-250,000 Years Ago -- PLoS ONE (24 August 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthal-Human Sex Likely Rare -- Discovery News (13 September 2011)
  
  
• DNA Clues to Our Inner Neanderthal -- Guardian (01 September 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthal Survival Story Revealed in Jersey Caves -- BBCNews (29 August2011)
  
  
• Neanderthal sex boosted immunity in modern humans -- BBCNews (26 August2011)
  
  
• Scientists Reveal Health Benefits of Breeding with Neanderthals -- Telegraph (21 August 2011)
  
  
• Wynn, Thomas, and Frederick L. Coolidge. How to Think Like a Neandertal. Oxford University Press, 2012.
  
  
• Neanderthals Overrun by Early Humans -- Telegraph (28 July 2011)
  
  
• Humans Crowded Out Neanderthals -- Discovery News (29 July 2011)
  
  
• Have You Hugged a Neanderthal Today? Probably! -- Discovery News (22 July 2011)
  
  
• All Non-Africans Part Neanderthal, Genetics Confirm -- Discovery News (18 July 2011)
  
  
• Should We Clone Neanderthals? -- Guardian (23 June 2011)
  
  
• Mating with Neanderthals Good for Human Health -- Discovery News (17 June 2011)
  
  
• Clues to Neanderthal Hunting Tactics Hidden in Reindeer Teeth -- Planet Earth (16 May 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthals Made a Last Stand at Subarctic Outpost? -- National Geographic News (13 May 2011)
  ["'Tool kit' may put Neanderthals in northern Russia—surviving later than thought."]
  
  
• Did humans meet Neanderthals? Debate rages -- MSNBC (09 May 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthals Died out Earlier Than Previously Thought, New Evidence Suggests -- ScienceDaily (11 May 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthal Extinction Debate Rumbles On -- Past Horizons (10 May 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthal Palaeodiet Was Dependant on Habitat -- Past Horizons (07 May 2011)
  
  
• Mysterious New Human Coexisted with Neanderthals: Photos -- Discovery News (06 May 2011)
  
  
• Heidelberg Man Links Humans, Neanderthals -- Discovery News (04 May 2011)
  
  
• Burial Practices in Neanderthals? -- Past Horizons (11 May 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthals Were Overwhelmingly Right-Handed -- Discovery News (21 April 2011)
  
  
• Did Neanderthals Believe in an Afterlife? -- Discovery News (20 April 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthals of a feather… -- Sexy Archaeology (24 February 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthals Wore Feathers as Fashion Accessories -- DiscoveryNews (23 February 2011)
  
  
• Humans Would Beat Neanderthals in Marathon -- Discovery News (28 January 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthals-were-not-ugly-because-of-the-cold-new-research-finds.html -- Telegraph (16 January 2011)
  
  
• Neanderthals' Ugly Faces Weren't Adaptations to Cold -- New Scientist (13 January 2011)
  
  
• Dying Young Didn't Wipe Out Neanderthals -- Discovery News (11 January 2011)

Top Science Stories Of 2010 Include Neanderthal DNA -- NPR (30 December 2010)

2010: A Good Year For Neanderthals (And DNA) -- NPR (28 December 2010)

Top 10 Discoveries of 2010 . . . Decoding the Neanderthal Genome Leipzig, Germany -- Archaeology, Volume 64 Number 1, January/February 2011

Neanderthals cooked and ate vegetables -- BBC News (27 December 2010)

Neanderthals May Have Feasted on Meat and Two Veg Diet -- Guardian (27 December 2010)

Siberian Fossils Were Neanderthals’ Eastern Cousins, DNA Reveals -- New York Times (22 December 2010)

Ancient humans, dubbed 'Denisovans', interbred with us -- BBC News (22 December 2010)

Neanderthal Relative Bred With Humans -- Discovery News (22 December 2010)

New Type of Ancient Human Found—Descendants Live Today? -- National Geographic News (22 December 2010)

Ancient Bone's DNA Suggests New Human Ancestors -- NPR (23 December 2010)

Bones Give Peek Into the Lives of Neanderthals -- New York Times (20 December 2010)

Grisly Scene Gives Clues to Neandertal Family Structure -- Science (20 December 2010)

Neanderthals Fashioned Earliest Tool Made From Human Bone -- Live Science (15 December 2010)

Modern Man Outlived Neanderthals Due to 'Live Slow and Grow Old' strategy -- Telegraph (16 November 2010)

Growing Slowly, Humans Outsmarted Neanderthals -- NPR (16 November 2010)

Neanderthals really were sex-obsessed thugs -- Telegraph (03 November 2010)

Early humans 'more promiscuous' -- Telegraph (03 November 2010)

Neanderthal Children Were Large, Sturdy -- Discovery News (10 October 2010)

Did Neanderthals Make Jewellery After All? -- ScienceDaily (26 October 2010)

Neanderthals Had Deep Sense of Compassion, New Study Suggests -- Telegraph (05 October 2010)

Neanderthals' Tools Were Their Own Work -- New York Times (27 September 2010)

Volcanoes Killed Off Neanderthals, Study Suggests -- National Geographic News (22 September 2010)

Neanderthals were able to 'develop their own tools' -- BBC News (24 September 2010)

Neanderthals More Intelligent Than Thought -- Discovery News (22 September 2010)

Neanderthal's Cozy Bedroom Unearthed -- Discovery News (06 August 2010)

Neanderthal Males Had 'Popeye'-Like Arms -- Discovery News (06 July 2010)

When Humans and Neanderthals Split -- Discovery News (23 June 2010)

Artefacts Hint at Earliest Neanderthals in Britain -- BBC News (06 June 2010)

How Neanderthal Are You? Take This Quiz to Find Out -- Wired (13 May 2010)

Ancient DNA Set to Rewrite Human History -- Nature (12 May 2010)

To Mate, or Not to Mate: The Neanderthal Question -- BBC News (11 May 2010)

Neanderthal App Turns You into a Caveman -- Live Science (11 May 2010)

This Is Your Brain On Neanderthal -- NPR (10 May 2010)

Neanderthal genes 'survive in us' -- BBC News (06 May 2010)

Many people alive today possess some Neanderthal ancestry, according to the results of a landmark genetic study.

Hey Good Lookin': Early Humans Dug Neanderthals -- NPR (06 May 2010)

Neanderthal Genome Offers Clues On Early Humans -- NPR (07 May 2010)

Neanderthals, Humans Interbred—First Solid DNA Evidence -- National Geographic News (06 May 2010)

Neanderthals may have interbred with humans -- naturenews (20 April 2010)

Should We Clone Neanderthals? -- Archaeology (11 February 2010)

Last Neanderthals in Europe Died out 37,000 Years Ago -- ScienceDaily (27 January 2010)

Neanderthals Enjoyed Surf and Turf Meals -- Discovery News (12 January 2010)

Study: Neanderthals Wore Jewelry And Makeup -- NPR (12 January 2010)

Neanderthal 'Make-Up' Discovered -- BBC News (09 January 2010)

30,000-Year-Old Child's Teeth Shed New Light on Human Evolution -- ScienceDaily (08 January 2010)

Why Did Our Species Survive the Neanderthals? -- New Scientist (08 November 2009)

The Many Mysteries of Neanderthals -- LiveScience (05 November 2009)

Modern Man Had Sex with Neanderthals -- Telegraph (26 October 2009)
Neanderthals ‘had sex’ with modern man -- Times (26 October 2009)

When Darwin Met a Neandertal -- Science (22 September 2009)

Neanderthals Likely Didn't Like Brussels Sprouts -- Discovery News (13 August 2009)

Neanderthal Women Joined Men in the Hunt -- The New York Times (5 December 2006)

'Taste Test' for Neanderthal DNA -- BBC News (11 August 2009)

Neandertals Led Bitter Lives -- Science (12 August 2009)

Seafood Gave Us the Edge on the Neanderthals -- New Scientist (12 August 2009)

The Mysterious Downfall of the Neandertals -- Scientific American (07 August 2009)

Human Likely Killed Neanderthal, Weapons Test Shows -- National Geographic News (22 July 2009)

More on Stone Age flutes found in Germany -- Bruce Bower, Science News (18 July 2009)

Neanderthals were likely poised for extinction -- MSNBC (16 July 2009)

Prehistoric flute in Germany is oldest known -- PATRICK McGROARTY, Associated Press\Yahoo News (24 June 2009)

Infectious disease carried by Homo sapiens was responsible for the demise of the Neanderthal, according to a new theory -- Jyllands-Posten (07 July 2009)

Neanderthals Made Mammoth Jerky -- Jennifer Viegas, Discovery (23 June 2009)

Sea Gives Up Neanderthal Fossil -- BBC News (15 June 2009)

Neanderthals Made Mammoth Jerky:Findings show how first Europeans transported meat over long distances -- Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News (23 June 2009) [and MSNBC]

Biodiversity Hotspot Enabled Neanderthals To Survive Longer In South East Of Spain -- ScienceDaily (02 February 2009)

Neanderthal Weaponry Lacked Projectile Advantage -- Discovery News (14 January 2009)

European Neanderthals had ginger hair and freckles -- Telegraph (29 December 2008)

Were Neanderthals stoned to death by modern humans? -- New Scientist

New Evidence of Neanderthal Violence -- BBC News (2002.04.22)

List of Neanderthal Sites -- Wikipedia

Neandertals Had Big Mouths, Gaped Widely
-- National Geographic News (5/2/08)

Last of the Neanderthals, Stephen S. Hall -- National Geographic, October 2008

Neandertals, Modern Humans Interbred, Bone Study Suggests
-- National Geographic News (10/30/06)

"Trace your family tree all the way back to Stone Age Europe, and you may find Neandertals among your ancestors. A new study suggests that modern humans and Neandertals (often spelled Neanderthals) interbred fairly regularly and even mingled physical features as Homo sapiens spread across Europe some 35,000 years ago. . . ."

<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/85562050.html>

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology

Why Did Neanderthals Have Such Big Noses? New Scientist (10/27/08)

Neanderthals Ate Dolphins, Seals, Cave Remains Suggest National Geographic News (9/22/08)

• Neanderthals Feasted on Seals and Dolphins New Scientist (9/22/08)
• Neanderthals Had a Taste for Seafood Guardian (9/22/08)
• Neanderthals Ate Seafood and Had Sophisticated Palates Telegraph (9/22/08)
• Neanderthals Took Hunt for Food to the Sea New York Times (9/22/08)
• Neanderthals Ate Seals and Dolphins LiveScience (9/22/08)
• Neanderthals 'Enjoyed Broad Menu' BBC News (9/23/08)

Neanderthals Conquered Mammoths, Why Not Us? Discovery News (9/9/08)

• Neanderthals Beat Mammoths, So Why Not Us? MSNBC (9/9/08)

Neanderthals Grew Fast, but Sexual Maturity Came Late National Geographic News (9/8/08)

• Did We Out-Breed Slow-Maturing Neanderthals? New Scientist (9/8/08)
• Neanderthal Brains Grew Like Ours LiveScience (9/8/08)
• Childbirth Was Already Difficult For Neanderthals Science Daily (9/9/08)

New Evidence Debunks 'Stupid' Neanderthal Myth EurekAlert (8/25/08)

• 'Complexity' of Neanderthal Tools BBC News (8/26/08)
• New Evidence Debunks 'Stupid' Neanderthal Myth Science Daily (8/26/08)
• Tech-savvy Neanderthals Couldn't Blame Their Tools New Scientist (8/26/08)
• Neanderthals Matched Brawn With Brains Discovery News (8/26/08)

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology
(14/25 August 2008)

Earliest Known Human Had Neanderthal Qualities Discovery News (8/22/08)

Scientists in Germany Draft Neanderthal Genome -- New York Times (2009-02-12)

Neanderthals 'distinct from us' -- BBC News (2009-02-12)

Neanderthal Genome "First Draft" Unveiled -- National Geographic News (2009-02-12)

First Neanderthal Genome Completed New Scientist (8/7/08)

• Complete Neandertal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced from 38,000-Year-Old Bone EurekAlert (8/7/08)
• Neanderthal Bone Yields Complete Mitochondrial Genome Discovery News (8/7/08)
• Leg Bone Yields DNA Secrets of Man's Neanderthal 'Eve' Guardian (8/8/08)
• Complete Neanderthal Mitochondrial Genome Sequenced From 38,000-year-old Bone Science Daily (8/8/08)
• Neanderthals, Modern Humans Share Ancestor, Scientists Say Los Angeles Times (8/9/08)
• Neanderthals Didn't Mate With Modern Humans, Study Says National Geographic News (8/12/08)

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology
(1 July 2008)

'Neanderthal Tools' Found At Dig BBC News (6/23/08)

• Neanderthal Tools Reveal Advanced Technology Telegraph (6/23/08)
• Last Neanderthals Were Smart, Sophisticated Discovery (6/23/08)
• Neanderthals Were High-Tech For Their Era LiveScience (6/23/08)
• Britain's Last Neanderthals Were More Sophisticated Than We Thought EurekAlert (6/23/08)
• Britain's Last Neanderthals Were More Sophisticated Than We Thought Science Daily (6/23/08)

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology
(5 May 2008)

Neanderthals Speak Out After 30,000 Years New Scientist (4/15/08)

• Neanderthals Speak for First Time in 50,000 years Telegraph (4/16/08)
• Neanderthals Speak Again After 30,000 Years Reuters (4/16/08)
• Grunt Work: Scientists Re-Create Neanderthal Speech Discovery (4/16/08)
• Neanderthals Speak Again After 30,000 Years MSNBC (4/16/08)
• Neanderthals Speak Out After 30,000 Years ABC News (4/17/08)
• Neanderthals Speak Again After 30,000 Years Science Daily (4/21/08)

From Anthroplogy in the News, Texas A&M (3/28/08)

• Neanderthals at Mealtime: Pass the Meat Discovery News (4/23/08)
  
  
  
• Neanderthals Wore Make-up and Liked to Chat ABC News (3/27/08)
• Neanderthals Wore Make-Up and Liked to Chat New Scientist (3/27/08)
  
  
  
• Culture Gave Humans Edge Over Neanderthals MSNBC (3/17/08)
  • Skull Changes Show Time of Human-Neandertal Split National Geographic News (3/17/08)
  • The Neanderthal-Human Split: (Very) Ancient History Disocovery News (3/17/08)
  • Skulls Of Modern Humans And Ancient Neanderthals Evolved Differently Because Of Chance, Not Natural Selection Science Daily (3/19/08)

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology
(20 March 2008)

Culture Gave Humans Edge Over Neanderthals MSNBC (3/17/08)

• Skull Changes Show Time of Human-Neandertal Split National Geographic News (3/17/08)
• The Neanderthal-Human Split: (Very) Ancient History Disocovery News (3/17/08)
• Skulls Of Modern Humans And Ancient Neanderthals Evolved Differently Because Of Chance, Not Natural Selection Science Daily (3/19/08)

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology
(24 September 2007)

Neanderthal Climate Link Debated BBC News (9/13/07)

• Climate - No Smoking Gun for Neanderthals Max Planck Society (9/13/07)
• Neanderthals 'Not Killed by Climate Change' Nature (9/12/07)
• Climate Change 'Did Not Kill Neanderthals' Telegraph (9/12/07)
• <Climate Link To Neanderthal Demise Abates Washington Post (9/13/07)
• Neanderthals' Disappearance Gets More Mysterious LiveScience (9/12/07)
• New Evidence on the Role of Climate in Neanderthal Extinction EurekAlert (9/12/07)
• Neanderthal Vanishing Act: Case Closed? Discovery News (9/12/07)

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology
(18 October 2008)

How the Hyoid Bone Changed History -- LiveScience (2/4/08)

Neanderthals: Did They Have Language? CNN (10/18/07)

• Neanderthals May Have Had Gene for Speech New York Times (10/18/07)
• Talk Like a Man Science (10/18/07)
• Did Neanderthals Natter? Los Angeles Times (10/20/07)
• Neanderthals May Have Talked Reuters (10/18/07)
• Chatty Cave Men? Me Neanderthal, Talk Just Fine Live Science (10/18/07)
• Chatty Cavemen? Me Neanderthal, Talk Good MSNBC (10/18/07)
• Modern Speech Gene Found in Neanderthals Nature (10/18/07

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology
(2 October 2007)

Neandertals Ranged Much Farther East Than Thought National Geographic News (10/1/07)

• Neanderthals Reached China's Doorstep Discovery News (10/1/07)
• Neanderthals Trekked All the Way Into Siberia MSNBC (10/1/07)
• Neanderthals Roamed as Far as Siberia New Scientist (9/30/07)
• Fossil DNA Expands Neanderthal Range New York Times (10/2/07)
• Neanderthal Empire Grows Telegraph (10/2/07)

From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology
(30 October 2007)

Red Hair and Freckles ... Max Planck Society (10/26/07)

• Neanderthals 'Were Flame-Haired' BBC News (10/25/07)
• DNA Reveals Some Neanderthals Were Ginger Telegraph (10/26/07)
• Red-Haired Neanderthals? Possibly, Scientists Say CNN (10/26/07)
• Red-Headed Neanderthals? DNA Says Yes: Study Yahoo (10/25/07)
• Some Neanderthals Were Redheads MSNBC (10/25/07)
• Report Connects Red Hair to Neanderthals Yahoo (10/25/07)
• Neanderthal Bones Make a Case for Redheads New York Times (10/30/07)

Neanderthal Demise

From Sunday's Dulth News Tribune and the Washington Post:

Study points finger at humans for Neanderthal Demise
By Rick Weiss
Duluth News Tribune (September 16, 2007, p. A8)

 
a reprint of Climate Link To Neanderthal Demise Abates By Rick Weiss
Washington Post (September 13, 2007)

"Contrary to a popular hypothesis that Neanderthals succumbed to a suddenly colder climate, the new research indicates that southwestern Europe, where our beetle-browed cousins made their last stand, enjoyed relatively mild weather when their last campfires went cold."
"Neanderthals were widespread in Europe for more than 100,000 years but went extinct 26,000 to 32,000 years ago. Some scientists have blamed climate, which was then undergoing wild fluctuations between thousand-year cold spells and warmer periods, separated by as little as a decade or two. A few of those cold spells were extreme, leading some scientists to suggest that one of those mini-ice ages finally did in the climate-stressed Neanderthals."
"Others have placed the blame on the ancestors of modern humans, who emerged from Africa about 40,000 years ago and then spread north and west through Europe."

Related news and stories ....
Freeze 'condemned Neanderthals'
(20 February 2007)  Science/Nature

"A sharp freeze could have dealt the killer blow that finished off our evolutionary cousins the Neanderthals, according to a new study."
Neanderthals' 'last rock refuge'
(September 13, 2006) Science/Nature

Neandertals' Last Stand Was in Gibraltar, Study Suggests
(September 13, 2006) National Geographic News

The icy truth behind Neanderthals
(February 10, 2005) Science/Nature

 
Rebuilding the Neanderthal past
BBC News
(10 February 2005)

Neandertals, Modern Humans Interbred, Bone Study Suggests
(October 30, 2006) National Geographic News

Gendered Division of Labor Gave Modern Humans Advantage Over Neanderthals
(December 04, 2006) EurekAlert

Neanderthal DNA secrets unlocked
(15 November 2006) Science/Nature

Neanderthals 'not close family'
(27 January 2004)  Science/Nature

Neandertals Beaten by Rivals' Word Skills, Study Says
(24 November 2004) National Geographic News

Neanderthals and Humans: Perhaps They Never Met
(08 May 2006) Live Science

Did Starving Neanderthals Eat Each Other?
(12/4/06) New Scientist

List of Neanderthal Sites -- Wikipedia

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• Neandertals: A Cyber Perspective -- Kharlena María Ramanan

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• Culotta, Elizabeth (1999) .Neanderthals Were Cannibals, Bones Show. Science, New Series, Vol. 286, No. 5437 (Oct. 1 1999), 18-19.
• Homo neanderthalensis -- Lorraine Dallmeier
• Neanderthal -- Discovery Channel
• Cave Bears -- Wladyslaw Jan Kowalski
• Cool Neanderlinks -- Anne Gilbert
• The ESRF reveals how Neanderthal teeth grew --The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
• Neandertal -- The Neandertal Museum
• Neanderthal Art -- Neanderthal art and tools from Fontmaure, France
• Neandertals and Genetics -- William Hernandez
• Neandertal DNA -- Archaeological Institute of America
• Neandertal Flute -- Bob Fink
• The Neandertal Museum
• Neanderthal Teeth Grew No Faster Than Comparable Modern Humans’-- Science Daily (20 September 2005)
• Homo sapiens neandertalensis: Forcing a radical reconsideration of human origins -- WSU
• Neandertal -- Hooper Museum
• Neanderthals May Have Been Cannibals -- Andrea Thompson, FoxNews (05 December 2006)
• Neanderthals Turned to Cannibalism, Bone Cave Suggests -- James Owens, National Geographic (05 December 2006)
• Our Neandertal Reconstruction: A World First! -- Dolan DNA Learning Center
• Computer-assisted Paleoanthropology (CAP) and the Neanderthals
• What did one Neanderthal say to the other Neanderthal? -- Peopling of the World: Europe
  
  

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• Neanderthals 'used glue to make tools' -- BBC News
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• Meet the Neanderthals -- BBC News
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Neandertals




"Gibraltar I:
Reconstruction of a
ca. four-year-old
Neandertal"
PBS