Evolution
The Human Strain
We used to live on a planet with other thinking, two-legged beings, and that could inform us about intelligence in the universe
"Neanderthal"
Culture
Ancient Sculpture Garden Was Built by Neandertals
In a cave in France archaeologists have found some of the oldest human constructions ever discovered — but no one knows what they are. Nature Video takes a look. This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on May 25, 2016...
Evolution
176,000-Year-Old Neandertal Structures and Life in the Universe
Ancient structures possibly built by early hominids raise many of the same puzzles as our quest for life elsewhere does
Evolution
Neandertals Turned Eagle Talons into Jewelry 130,000 Years Ago
As longtime readers may have noticed, I have an abiding interest in Neandertals. To help me keep up with the latest scientific insights into these mysterious relatives of ours, I have a Google alert set for "Neandertal" (and the alternate spelling, "Neanderthal")...
Evolution
Ancient Indonesian Cave Paintings Force Rethink of Art's Origin
Archaeologists have determined that artwork found in limestone caves on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is far older than previously thought.
Evolution
Ancient Engraving Strengthens Case for Sophisticated Neandertals
One of the longest-running, most fervent debates in the history of human evolution research concerns the cognitive abilities of the Neandertals.
Evolution
Neandertal Lineage Began in a "Game of Thrones" World
In a small chamber deep in the Atapuerca mountains in northern Spain lies one of the most extraordinary paleontological discoveries of all time: a massive assemblage of fossils belonging to an extinct member of the human family...
Sex with Neandertals Introduced Helpful and Harmful DNA into Modern Human Genome
Over the past few years a number of studies of ancient and contemporary genomes have reached the same stunning conclusion: early human species interbred, and people today carry DNA from archaic humans, including the Neandertals, as a result of those interspecies trysts...
The Most Fascinating Human Evolution Discoveries of 2013
Wow. Ive just spent the last couple days going through the paleoanthropology news that broke in 2013 and I must say it was a banner year. There were so many exciting new findings that bear on scientists understanding of just about every chapter of humanitys seven-million-year sagafrom our ancestors first upright steps to the peopling [...]..
Neandertal Grave Attests to Complex Cognition
Some 60,000 years ago, in a small limestone cave in central France, Neandertals dug a grave and laid an elderly member of their clan to rest.
