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Neanderthals (/ n i ˈ æ n d ər ˌ t ɑː l, n eɪ-,-ˌ θ ɑː l / nee-AN-də(r)-TAHL, nay-, - THAHL; [7] Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis) are an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, though some regard it as a subspecies of Homo sapiens) who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 ...
German pathologist Rudolf Virchow interpreted Neanderthal characteristics as evidence of senility, disease, and malformation instead of archaicness, [2] which stalled Neanderthal research until the end of the century. [3] By the early 20th century, numerous other Neanderthal discoveries were made, establishing H. neanderthalensis as a ...
A number of examples of symbolic thought and Palaeolithic art have been inconclusively attributed to Neanderthals, namely possible ornaments made from bird claws and feathers, shells, collections of unusual objects including crystals and fossils, and engravings. Some claims of religious beliefs have been made.
Homo (from Latin homō 'human') is a genus of great ape (family Hominidae) that emerged from the genus Australopithecus and encompasses only a single extant species, Homo sapiens (modern humans), along with a number of extinct species (collectively called archaic humans) classified as either ancestral or closely related to modern humans; these include Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis.
Recent fossil evidence indicates modern humans (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) may have co-existed in Europe for as long as 5,000 to 6,000 years before Neanderthals became ...
Homo neanderthalensis: 1938 Uzbekistan: A. Okladnikov La Ferrassie 1: 70 Homo neanderthalensis: 1909 France: R. Capitan and D. Peyrony Shanidar 1: 70±10 Homo neanderthalensis: 1961 Iraq: Ralph Solecki: Sambungmacan (Sm) 1-4: 70- 40 [129] Homo erectus: 1973-2001 [129] Indonesia: Construction and fossil collectors [129] La Quina 5 [130] 65 Homo ...
Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals ...
Neanderthals, or Homo neanderthalensis, lived across Europe and south west and central Asia between about 400,000 to 40,000 years ago. According to the researchers, the Neandertals at Chagyrskaya ...