#Neanderthal

Radical Anthropology200,000 years of recurrent <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Homosapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homosapiens</a> interaction.<a href="https://c.im/tags/Palaeogenomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeogenomics</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250713032519.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250713032519.htm</a>

Haderach C. Kwisatch"Scientists often estimate population size by looking at genetic diversity. In general, more variation in the genome suggests a larger group. But when Akey’s team applied their tool, IBDmix, they found that much of the apparent diversity in <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> DNA actually came from genes inherited from modern humans, who had far larger populations. With this new insight, scientists lowered their estimate of the Neanderthal breeding population from about 3,400 individuals to roughly 2,400.Taken together, these findings help explain how Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil and genetic record around 30,000 years ago."I don't like to say 'extinction,' because I think Neanderthals were largely absorbed," said Akey. His idea is that Neanderthal populations slowly shrank until the last survivors were folded into modern human communities.…" <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250713032519.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250713032519.htm</a>

Radical AnthropologyNice discussion under this posting of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> 'fat factories' at Neumark-Nord125 KyaThese constraints also apply for African end-of-dry season conditions when lack of carbs and fats, and would have been critical for last phase of brain size increase in our speciation<a href="https://c.im/tags/rabbitstarvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rabbitstarvation</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/proteintoxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#proteintoxicity</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/huntergatherers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#huntergatherers</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/114833341747245629" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/114833341747245629</a>

AmyFou 🕊️super interesting summary of some new genetic analysis on the Denisovan skull called 'Harbin'. I especially appreciate the acknowledgement of the limitations of genetic study rn<a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/HumanEvolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanEvolution</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/physicalAnthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physicalAnthropology</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/homoSapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homoSapiens</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Denisovan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Denisovan</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/itsComplicated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#itsComplicated</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://www.johnhawks.net/p/the-humanity-of-a-new-denisovan" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.johnhawks.net/p/the-humanity-of-a-new-denisovan</a>

michaelfollow the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> from the dig to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genome</a> lab in a 1:25 model archaeowonderland: <a href="https://arc-tech.de/en/model-construction/mettmann/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arc-tech.de/en/model-construction/mettmann/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a>

Radical AnthropologyRoutes for <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> migration from West to East <a href="https://c.im/tags/Eurasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Eurasia</a> during warm climatic periods (MIS5e, 125 Ka, and MIS3, 60 ka)<a href="https://c.im/tags/LatePleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LatePleistocene</a> <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1086737" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1086737</a>

Radical AnthropologyThe red ochre <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> fingerprint!About 43-42 ka<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02243-1#Sec19" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02243-1#Sec19</a>

Jens NotroffOriginal study:D. Álvarez-Alonso et al., More than a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fingerprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fingerprint</a> on a pebble: A pigment-marked object from San Lázaro rock-shelter in the context of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> symbolic behavior, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 16, 2025. 🔓<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02243-1#Sec1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-025-02243-1#Sec1</a>

michaelOK this is spectacular as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> fingerprint. The interpretation as Neanderthal art is a bit more debatable. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/26/like-a-face-discovery-reinforces-idea-neanderthals-created-art-say-experts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/may/26/like-a-face-discovery-reinforces-idea-neanderthals-created-art-say-experts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humans</a>

anubis2814Interesting way to view the <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=mammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mammoth</a> vs the <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> Mammoths are more like humans while mastodons are more like <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neanderthal</a> . Mastodons were much more physically robust and stockier, and also lived in much smaller groups. Mammoths had a lower muscle to body size ratio and lived in much larger groups, just like humans.

michael31-Mar-2025 First evidence of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a>-linked Quina technology in East Asia revealed<a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079134" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1079134</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a>

Freewheel<a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a>Identifiée autiste a un âge déjà avancé, plus je vieillis plus je galère dans les interactions sociales (au travail, pour militer). Féministe. Bisexuelle. Anarchiste. Nativement rurale j’ai fui à la ville dès que possible, aujourd’hui je vis moitié moitié dans chaque espace mais c’est ma campagne que je préfère. Apprenante d’espagnol (castillan) et de portugais (du Portugal). J’aime les chanteuses et chanteurs mièvres en français. Je lis moins que je n’aimerais (des romans principalement). J’ai un grand intérêt pour <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neanderthal</a> et de l’affection en général pour ce qui est injustement méprisé. <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/f%C3%A9minisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#féminisme</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/autisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autisme</a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languages</a>

Annika Becker :VeryQueer:Nach vielen Jahren mal wieder im Neanderthal Museum gewesen. Man möchte den Figuren der Vorfahr*innen irgendwie sagen, was für Zeug die Menschen nach ihnen z.T. so verzapfen. Besonders viel Liebe für die Sonderausstellung zu Neanderthalerinnen und Stereotypen in der Wissenschaft und ihrer Rezeption.<a href="https://fruef.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://fruef.social/tags/neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neanderthal</a> <a href="https://fruef.social/tags/binarit%C3%A4t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#binarität</a>

Gurre VildskäggAbout 20% of the Neanderthal genome survives in modern humans, with about 1-4% of most people's DNA being such for people with ancestry outside sub-Saharan Africa, and about 0.3% for those with (recent) roots in sub-Saharan Africa.But what would a person with all those 20% in their DNA be like? What would they look like? Any differences beyond the visible ones?<a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/HumanEvolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanEvolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a>

Global MuseumA Little Boy Found a Strange Stone on the Beach. Archaeologists Told Him It Was a Neanderthal’s Hand Ax.The artifact is now on display at a museum in southern England. Experts say the find is “so rare that most qualified archaeologists would never find one themselves”.<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-little-boy-found-a-strange-stone-on-the-beach-archaeologists-told-him-it-was-a-neanderthals-hand-ax-180985578/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-little-boy-found-a-strange-stone-on-the-beach-archaeologists-told-him-it-was-a-neanderthals-hand-ax-180985578/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a>

Radical AnthropologyAn earlier review of 2022 studies on <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#family</a> life. Social structure according to <a href="https://c.im/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genetics</a> looks like <a href="https://c.im/tags/patrilocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#patrilocal</a> with <a href="https://c.im/tags/females" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#females</a> moving out of groups. We are close to 💯 per cent certain that <a href="https://c.im/tags/Homosapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homosapiens</a> did the exact opposite -- daughters stayed with their mums, and sons-in-law came into the group to do <a href="https://c.im/tags/brideservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#brideservice</a>. We are so sure here because it's what <a href="https://c.im/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#African</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/huntergatherers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#huntergatherers</a> do. As a result, our lineage flourishes (thanks to grandmothers), Neanderthals dwindled (lack of grandmothers?) and numerous Neanderthal women could have moved into the incoming African origin groups.<a href="https://c.im/tags/humanorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humanorigins</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pleistocene</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/kinship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kinship</a><a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2822%2901755-9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2822%2901755-9</a>

Jens NotroffOriginalstudie:A. P. Sümer et al., Earliest modern human <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genomes</a> constrain timing of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> admixture, Nature (2024), unedited prior final publication. 🔐💵<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08420-x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08420-x</a>

Flipboard News DeskEver since scientists discovered that most people on Earth have a small slice of Neanderthal in their DNA, they have been trying to figure out when and how it got there. Now, two research groups say humans interbred with Neanderthals for a limited period about 50,000 years ago as our ancient ancestors migrated out of Africa. But why did Neanderthals die out while humans survived? Read more from <a href="https://flipboard.com/@NBCNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@NBCNews</a>.<a href="https://flip.it/xG8rdz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/xG8rdz</a><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Human</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Anthropology</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNA</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Genes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genes</a>

Radical AnthropologyAnd here's the new paper on the timeline and recency of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthal</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/modernhuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#modernhuman</a> interbreeding <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq3010" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq3010</a>

GrickleSanta Neanderthals. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/grickledoodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#grickledoodle</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#christmas</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neanderthal</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/holidays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#holidays</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartoon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funny</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#drawing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/santaclaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#santaclaus</a>

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