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For Neanderthal hunters equipped with wood and stone hunting tools, the place was a veritable buffet. And you might expect ...
A Neanderthal variant in an enzyme involved in energy production has been linked to ​​a 50% lower probability of achieving ...
Neanderthals in two nearby caves used different techniques when butchering animal carcasses in what is now Israel, according ...
New research reveals Neanderthals had varying food preferences and spiced up their diets by using different food preparation ...
A comparison of cut marks on bones reveals that Neanderthal groups living fairly close to each other had their own distinct ...
For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...
These differences in butchery practices cannot be explained by tool type, skill, or available resources, indicating that ...
Neanderthals living just 70 kilometers apart in Israel may have had different food prep customs, according to new research on butchered animal bones. These subtle variations — like how meat was cut ...
By comparing cut marks on bones found at northern Israel caves, researchers find early humans clung to passed-down methods ...
Learn more about Chiari malformation type 1, a rare brain condition that may be present in certain genes thanks to Neanderthals.
The enzyme AMPD1 plays a key role in muscle energy production and normal muscular function. Loss of AMPD1 activity due to ...
“For a long time we had this idea of Neanderthals as being very focused on survival and not very culturally developed,” said ...