Interbreeding between Neandertals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neandertals and female humans, a new study suggests
Sex between Neandertals and anatomically modern humans tended to follow a specific pattern
Interbreeding between Neandertals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neandertals and female humans, a new study suggests
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February 26, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Interbreeding between Neandertals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neandertals and female humans, a new study suggests
Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans
Meet the Ancestor That Connects Us to Neandertals and Denisovans
Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans
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January 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans
No change to this very moment, honestly. Ever since the first overbearing asshole claimed he owned fire and could mansplain all of the better cave drawings, it's been same shit, different night.
Male Neandertals and female humans likely interbred more often than the other way around
Interbreeding between Neandertals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neandertals and female humans, a new study suggests
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February 26, 2026 at 9:38 PM
No change to this very moment, honestly. Ever since the first overbearing asshole claimed he owned fire and could mansplain all of the better cave drawings, it's been same shit, different night.
A student's paper just described the interaction between Homo sapiens and Neandertals as "a situationship rather than a relationship" and I'm still laughing ten minutes later 💀🏺
December 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A student's paper just described the interaction between Homo sapiens and Neandertals as "a situationship rather than a relationship" and I'm still laughing ten minutes later 💀🏺
How Neandertal DNA May Affect the Way We Think.
DNA inherited from Neandertals may influence modern human cognition www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
DNA inherited from Neandertals may influence modern human cognition www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
People Today Carry DNA from Neandertals. Here’s How It May Affect Our Brain and Behavior
DNA inherited from Neandertals may influence modern human cognition
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January 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
How Neandertal DNA May Affect the Way We Think.
DNA inherited from Neandertals may influence modern human cognition www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
DNA inherited from Neandertals may influence modern human cognition www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
"Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans"
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Meet the Ancestor That Connects Us to Neandertals and Denisovans
Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans
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January 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
"Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans"
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Neandertals used rhinoceros teeth as durable, multipurpose tools. Fossil teeth from sites in France and Spain show wear from shaping stone tools and processing materials like hides and plant fibers, revealing deliberate, skilled tool use
Neandertals used rhinoceros teeth as tools
Finds at sites in Spain and France suggest that Neandertals used the teeth of ancient rhinos for heavy-duty fabrication.
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May 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Neandertals used rhinoceros teeth as durable, multipurpose tools. Fossil teeth from sites in France and Spain show wear from shaping stone tools and processing materials like hides and plant fibers, revealing deliberate, skilled tool use
Neandertals invented bone-tipped spears all on their own
A newfound bone point predates tool-toting Homo sapiens’ arrival in Eastern Europe www.sciencenews.org/article/nean...
A newfound bone point predates tool-toting Homo sapiens’ arrival in Eastern Europe www.sciencenews.org/article/nean...
Neandertals invented bone-tipped spears all on their own
An 80,000-year-old bone point found in Eastern Europe challenges the idea that migrating Homo sapiens gave the technology to Neandertals.
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May 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Neandertals invented bone-tipped spears all on their own
A newfound bone point predates tool-toting Homo sapiens’ arrival in Eastern Europe www.sciencenews.org/article/nean...
A newfound bone point predates tool-toting Homo sapiens’ arrival in Eastern Europe www.sciencenews.org/article/nean...
Stone circles show Neandertals’ social, technical skills - 176,500-year-old stalagmite structures found in French cave (2016) www.sciencenews.org/article/ston...
Stone circles show Neandertals’ social, technical skills
Ancient human relatives built circular stalagmite structures inside a French cave.
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December 9, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Stone circles show Neandertals’ social, technical skills - 176,500-year-old stalagmite structures found in French cave (2016) www.sciencenews.org/article/ston...
Occasionally a new study finds something very counterintuitive. Last week one came across my desk: Around 25% of people in China inherited a haplotype from Neandertals that may help them to digest milk when they are adults.
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Lactase and the Neandertals
New research shows that a common gene variant that may explain some lactase persistence in East Asia is introgressed from Neandertals.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Occasionally a new study finds something very counterintuitive. Last week one came across my desk: Around 25% of people in China inherited a haplotype from Neandertals that may help them to digest milk when they are adults.
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Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖
Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
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Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
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Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey
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November 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?🍖
Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
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Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports - @natureportfolio.nature.com!
We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago.
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Paleoanthropology and Neandertals with Dr Chris Stringer #realarchaeology www.youtube.com/live/LRQ1gK1... via @YouTube
Paleoanthropology and Neandertals with Dr Chris Stringer #realarchaeology
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April 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Ancient DNA unveils a previously unknown line of Neandertals
European Neandertals consisted of at least two distinct populations, scientists say
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European Neandertals consisted of at least two distinct populations, scientists say
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Ancient DNA unveils a previously unknown line of Neandertals
DNA from a partial skeleton found in France indicates that European Neandertals consisted of at least two genetically distinct populations.
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September 12, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Ancient DNA unveils a previously unknown line of Neandertals
European Neandertals consisted of at least two distinct populations, scientists say
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European Neandertals consisted of at least two distinct populations, scientists say
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Hunting by Neandertals was not only subsistence. It was also a highly social activity that helps shed light on their ability to coordinate across groups, and to predict the social behaviors of prey species.
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Neandertals hunted dangerous prey. How they killed them.
With deep experience in the hunt, Neandertals could anticipate the behavior of many of the most dangerous prey animals.
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February 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hunting by Neandertals was not only subsistence. It was also a highly social activity that helps shed light on their ability to coordinate across groups, and to predict the social behaviors of prey species.
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Neandertals may have hunted in horse-trapping teams 200,000 years ago www.sciencenews.org/article/nean...
Neandertals may have hunted in horse-trapping teams 200,000 years ago
A revised age for a German site indicates that our evolutionary cousins organized horse ambushes around 200,000 years ago.
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May 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Neandertals may have hunted in horse-trapping teams 200,000 years ago www.sciencenews.org/article/nean...
The Neandertals That Taught Us About Humanity | Eons www.wknofm.org/eons-pbs/202...
The Neandertals That Taught Us About Humanity | Eons
Throughout the first half of the 20th century, Neandertals were thought to have been…primitive. Unintelligent, hunched-over cavemen, for lack of a better word. But the discoveries made in that Iraqi c...
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January 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The Neandertals That Taught Us About Humanity | Eons www.wknofm.org/eons-pbs/202...
“This group mixed with early Neandertals and was then replaced by Denisovans who had mixed with later Neandertals.” Mixing all the way down. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A high-coverage genome from a 200,000-year-old Denisovan
Denisovans, an extinct sister group of Neandertals who lived in Eastern Eurasia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene, are known only from a handful of skeletal remains and limited genetic data, incl...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“This group mixed with early Neandertals and was then replaced by Denisovans who had mixed with later Neandertals.” Mixing all the way down. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Here's the video!
When Neandertals Became Apex Predators
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December 17, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Here's the video!
Did Neandertals' penchant for cannibalism lead to their extinction? www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/how-...
One of the Greatest Mysteries in Human Evolution
Did Neandertals' penchant for cannibalism lead to their extinction?
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January 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Did Neandertals' penchant for cannibalism lead to their extinction? www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/how-...
Early humans weren’t conquerors but wanderers who mingled with other human species. The new view of human migration is much friendlier, less vicious & competitive. It's important to update pop culture notions human of evolution 🧪 by @danvergano.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/huma...
Humanity’s Origins Paint Our Ancestors as Lovers, Not Fighters
Fossil and gene discoveries paint an ever-more-intertwined history of humans combining with vanished species like Neandertals
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October 12, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Early humans weren’t conquerors but wanderers who mingled with other human species. The new view of human migration is much friendlier, less vicious & competitive. It's important to update pop culture notions human of evolution 🧪 by @danvergano.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/huma...
What if we simply ate Neandertals into extinction?
A new study shows that female and young Neandertals were consumed by H/ sapiens as food rather than in a ritual context, as suggested by traces similar to those found on other animal bones hunted by humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new study shows that female and young Neandertals were consumed by H/ sapiens as food rather than in a ritual context, as suggested by traces similar to those found on other animal bones hunted by humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey
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November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
What if we simply ate Neandertals into extinction?
A new study shows that female and young Neandertals were consumed by H/ sapiens as food rather than in a ritual context, as suggested by traces similar to those found on other animal bones hunted by humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new study shows that female and young Neandertals were consumed by H/ sapiens as food rather than in a ritual context, as suggested by traces similar to those found on other animal bones hunted by humans.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
So I was scanning titles in the 3rd pic when I read “The Neandertals” as The Neander Tales and thought, what a great title!
September 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
So I was scanning titles in the 3rd pic when I read “The Neandertals” as The Neander Tales and thought, what a great title!
i bet it was amazing when one group of homo sapiens camped near a neandertal camp and in the evening the neandertals met the human drumming with song
January 29, 2026 at 5:56 AM
i bet it was amazing when one group of homo sapiens camped near a neandertal camp and in the evening the neandertals met the human drumming with song
Ah yes, the Neandertals, so named for the Neander Valley in North Rhine-Westphalia, clearly the ancestral homeland of the HebrARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO YOURSELF?!?
Can you imagine running into a old friend in an airport bar in Denver and he just looks at you gravely and says "The Jewish people have chosen to go the way of their old religion......the religion of the Neanderthals" and then walks away.
They clarify later that this isn't *exactly* what their Jewish friend said lol
April 26, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Ah yes, the Neandertals, so named for the Neander Valley in North Rhine-Westphalia, clearly the ancestral homeland of the HebrARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO YOURSELF?!?
Des femmes et des enfants néandertaliens ont fait l'objet d'un cannibalisme sélectif sur le site de Goyet entre 45 000 et 41 000 ans. Les raisons de ce cannibalisme seraient alimentaires plutôt que rituelles. Ces résultats sont à retrouver ici : www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey
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November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Des femmes et des enfants néandertaliens ont fait l'objet d'un cannibalisme sélectif sur le site de Goyet entre 45 000 et 41 000 ans. Les raisons de ce cannibalisme seraient alimentaires plutôt que rituelles. Ces résultats sont à retrouver ici : www.nature.com/articles/s41...