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Modern archaeology paints a truly compelling portrait of our oft-misunderstood relatives
The research also gives a new perspective on why Neanderthals died out so soon after modern humans arrived from Africa. No one knows why this happened, but the new evidence steers us away from ...
Neanderthals were extinct hominins who lived until about 40,000 years ago. They are the closest known relatives of anatomically modern humans. [1] Neanderthal skeletons were first discovered in the early 19th century; research on Neanderthals in the 19th and early 20th centuries argued for a perspective of them as "primitive" beings socially and cognitively inferior to modern humans.
Inter-stratification of Neanderthal and modern human remains has been suggested, [6] but is disputed. [7] Stone tools that have been proposed to be linked to Neanderthals have been found at Byzovya (ru:Бызовая) in the polar Urals, and dated to 31,000 to 34,000 years ago, [8] but is also disputed. [9]
The population dynamics identified in this research could be a major reason why Neanderthals disappeared 40,000 years ago, Akey noted. The researchers’ analysis suggests that the Neanderthal ...
The hyoid bone and larynx in a modern human. It is not known whether Neanderthals were anatomically capable of speech and whether they spoke. [9] The only bone in the vocal tract is the hyoid, but it is so fragile that no Neanderthal hyoid was found until 1983, when excavators discovered a well-preserved one on Neanderthal Kebara 2, Israel.
This book features spacefaring Neanderthals who were removed from Earth by powerful aliens for unspecified reasons. The Sky People [35] 2006 S. M. Stirling: Neanderthals inhabit an alternate-history Venus. N-words [36] 2013 Ted Kosmatka: Neanderthals are resurrected by South Korean scientists en masse and intermarry with humans. The Bone ...
Neanderthals went extinct 40,000 years ago, and researchers are continuing to find clues about why. Mike Kemp/Getty Images Scientists found new clues about one of the last living Neanderthals.