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Neanderthals' hefty noses weren’t well adapted to cold climates

Neanderthals were thought to have structures inside their noses that helped them deal with the cold, but analysis of an exceptionally preserved specimen contradicts that

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Denisovans may have interbred with mysterious group of ancient humans

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Prehistoric crayons provide clues to how Neanderthals created art

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Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch

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Reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our enigmatic Ancestor X

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Early Neanderthals hunted ibex on steep mountain slopes

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A skull unearthed in Harbin, China, turns out to belong to a Denisovan

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An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution

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Neanderthals were probably maggot-munchers, not hyper-carnivores

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Neanderthal groups had their own local food culture

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'Hybrid' skull may have been a child of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens

The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, suggesting her parents might have belonged to different species

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Neanderthals had a 'fat factory' where they processed bones for grease

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A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches

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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world

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Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?

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