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Bacteria on Neanderthal Teeth May Help Develop Antibiotics

A recent study suggests that peculiar bacteria found in the teeth of Neanderthals could potentially contribute to the development of innovative antibiotics in the future. This groundbreaking research focuses on the analysis of dental plaque, both from ancient and modern...

Neanderthals Harvested and Ate Crabs 90,000 Years Ago

Beneath the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, near a Portuguese cave, lies the evidence that Neanderthals were enjoying seafood dinners as far back as 90,000 years ago. A recent archaeological study has uncovered remnants of brown crab meat in an...

Neanderthal Footprints Found in Spain Could Be 275,000 Years Old

The first Neanderthal footprints from the Iberian Peninsula discovered last year may have belonged to other members of the genus ‘Homo.’ A little over a year ago, we reported on a large area at the foot of the Asperillo cliff...

Earliest Known Evidence of Cooking Discovered in Israel

Scientists have unearthed at an archaeological site in Israel the earliest known evidence of cooking in the history of the human revolution dating back 780,000 years. The evidence from a detailed study of fish teeth indicates that a fundamental shift...

50,000 Year Old DNA Provides First-Ever Glimpse of Neanderthal Family

Fifty thousand year old DNA has provided the first-ever glimpse of a Neanderthal family. The remains located in a Siberian cave also revealed the fact that they traveled in small, family-oriented groups. Researchers were able to take new genetic analysis...

Neanderthals Might Have Been Carnivores, New Study Reveals

In a recently revealed study, our extinct ancestors, the Neanderthals, whose diets have been a topic of debate, were identified to have been carnivores. The study, led by a French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) scholar, revealed through zinc...

Humans and Neanderthals Cohabitated in Europe, New Study Finds

Neanderthals and humans cohabitated in Europe for over two thousand years according to a new study. They may have even bred together and exchanged ideas. This is the finding of Swedish paleogeneticist Svante Paabo, who won the Nobel Prize last...

New Study Shows Humans Differ From Neanderthals Due to Growing Brains

A new scientific study suggests that human brains make more neural connections during development, a phenomenon that leads to growing brains and differentiates us from Neanderthals. Scientists have always pondered what makes humans a special species with some suggesting it's...

40,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Cave Chamber Discovered in Gibraltar

Professor Clive Finlayson, an evolutionary biologist who is the director of the Gibraltar National Museum, recently led a team of experts along the shore of the eponymous Rock, finding a Neanderthal cave that was inhabited long ago. They ended up...

Neanderthal Man’s Recreated Face Takes Internet By Storm

A recreation of a Neanderthal man's face is turning heads all over the world not only for its strong resemblance to our own physiognomy today but also because of the good humor it exudes as much as 70,000 years...