Modern humans were responsible for butchering Neanderthals in the Stone Age, says a leading fossil expert. The controversial comment follows publication of a study in the Journal of Anthropological Sciences about a Neanderthal jawbone apparently butchered by modern humans. The bone was covered in cut marks similar to those found when humans stripped the flesh [...]
Read More Homo, Neanderthals, sapiens, WipeResearchers have discovered evidence of a distinct group of “archaic” humans existing outside of Africa more than 30000 years ago at a time when Neanderthals are thought to have dominated Europe and Asia. But genetic testing shows that …
Read More Africa, europe, genetic, humans, Neanderthals, resultThis excerpt is from the History Channel’s “Ape to Man” program. This clip shows Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens come face to face with each other in Europe about 40000 years BCE. Originally posted 2010-04-28 13:11:30.
Read More face, Homo, Neanderthals, sapiensThe Singing Neanderthals The propensity to make music is the most mysterious, wonderful, and neglected feature of humankind: this is where Steven Mithen began, drawing together strands from archaeology, anthropology, psychology, neuroscience–and, of course, musicology–to explain why we are so compelled to make and hear music. But music could not be explained without addressing language, [...]
Read More Neanderthals, singingNeanderthals may have interbred with humans Genetic data points to ancient liaisons between species. Read more on Nature
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