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#neanderthals

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Radical Anthropology

'Modern humans were essentially like waves crashing on a beach, slowly but steadily eroding the beach away.” With this vivid simile, Princeton geneticist Joshua Akey describes a process that, until now, was shrouded in the mist of deep time: the incorporation, not extermination, of Neanderthals into the gene pool of modern humans.'

#anthropology #humanevolution #Neanderthals #Homosapiens #palaeogenomics

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Modern Engineering Marvels · Unraveling the Hidden Legacy of Neanderthals: How Machine Learning and Ancient DNA Are Redefining Human Evolution“Modern humans were essentially like waves crashing on a beach, slowly but steadily eroding the beach away.” With this vivid simile, Princeton geneticist Joshua Akey describes a process that, until…
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Ancient wooden spears found in Germany were likely made by Neanderthals 200,000 years ago, study reveals

A set of prehistoric wooden spears found over two decades ago in Schöningen, Germany—then estimated to be between 300,000 and 400,000 years old—may be as young as 200,000 years old, according to new research published in Science Advances...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/05/woo

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Ancient wooden spears found in Germany were likely made by Neanderthals 200,000 years ago, study reveals A set of prehistoric wooden spears found over two decades ago in Schöningen, Germany—then estimated to be between 300,000 and 400,000 years old—may be as young as 200,000 years old, according to new research published in Science Advances. This revised timeline means that the weapons were not created by Homo heidelbergensis, as previously believed, but by Neanderthals, offering new evidence about the cognitive and social complexity of our closest extinct relatives...
#archaeology#archeology#archaeologynews
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

I wondered whether Neanderthals domesticated dogs, and it turns out, that might have been one of the edges we had over our cousins, we had dogs and they did not.

Also, scientists currently estimate only 50-80 interspecies fuck parties ever occurred based on the amount of their DNA in those of us from outside Africa.

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www.nationalgeographic.com · Did Dog-Human Alliance Drive Out the Neanderthals?By Simon Worrall
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earthling

Kindred Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art by Rebecca Wragg Sykes

Much of what defines us was also in Neanderthals, and their DNA is still inside us. Planning, co-operation, altruism, craftsmanship, aesthetic sense, imagination, perhaps even a desire for transcendence beyond mortality. Kindred does for Neanderthals what Sapiens did for us, revealing a deeper, more nuanced story where humanity itself is our ancient, shared inheritance.

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** WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 2021 **'Beautiful, evocative, authoritative.' Professor Brian Cox'Important reading not just for anyone interested in these ancient cousins of ours, but also for anyone interested in humanity.' Yuval Noah HarariKindred is the definitive guide to the Neanderthals. Since their discovery more than 160 years ago, Neanderthals have metamorphosed from the losers of the human family tree to A-list hominins. Rebecca Wragg Sykes uses her experience at the cutting edge of Palaeolithic research to share our new understanding of Neanderthals, shoving aside clichés of rag-clad brutes in an icy wasteland. She reveals them to be curious, clever connoisseurs of their world, technologically inventive and ecologically adaptable. Above all, they were successful survivors for more than 300,000 years, during times of massive climatic upheaval.
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michael

20-Feb-2025
The inner ear of #Neanderthals reveals clues about their enigmatic origin
New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of their genetic diversity

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EurekAlert!The inner ear of Neanderthals reveals clues about their enigmatic originNew research on the inner ear morphology of Neanderthals and their ancestors challenges the widely accepted theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of their genetic diversity. The findings, based on fossil samples from Atapuerca (Spain) and Krapina (Croatia), as well as from various European and Western Asian sites have been published in Nature Communications.
#science#anthropology#HumanEvolution
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Matt Hodgkinson

If you like thinking and learning about human prehistory, you'll like this interview with geneticist David Reich. Two hours on what research tells us about human origins, how modern humans relate to Neanderthals and Denisovans, ancient DNA, ancient epidemics, admixture, how genetics informs archaeology, and the spread of the Yamnaya from the steppes.

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YouTubeDavid Reich – How One Small Tribe Conquered the World 70,000 Years AgoBy Dwarkesh Patel
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Hari Tulsidas

The DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, has been sequenced, shedding light on inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation. This discovery paints a vivid picture of Neanderthal decline, offering new insights into their final days and their legacy in our genome. #Neanderthals #AncientDNA #HumanEvolution
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