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- Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54k years ago at Mandrin https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60305218 100 comments
- Neanderthal-Derived DNA Has Significant Impact on Modern Human Traits http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/neanderthal-derived-dna-impact-modern-human-traits-03629.html 10 comments science
- Half of neanderthals had surfer's ear in a new study of 23 skulls found in Europe and southwest Asia. The condition is caused by regular exposure to cold water, and scientists say it's evidence that our ancient human cousins spent a lot of time in aquatic environments, perhaps gathering food. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/08/14/neanderthal-surfers-ear-exostoses/#.xvxjfjnkhty 815 comments science
- Scientists believe Flyers fans more closely related to Neanderthals than other humans. http://elbownews.com/news/2016/8/17/scientists-believe-flyers-fans-more-closely-related-to-neanderthals-than-other-humans 166 comments hockey
- Humans first infected Neanderthals with herpes, tuberculosis http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/humans-infected-neanderthals-herpes-tuberculosis-article-1.2597974 7 comments science
- A brief commentary regarding why there are no persisting hybrids of humans with Denisovans, Neanderthals, or anyone else http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/03/31/1602270113.short?rss=1 8 comments science
- An early modern human with a recent Neanderthal ancestor http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14558.html 5 comments science
- Neanderthals and Humans First Mated 50,000 Years Ago, DNA Reveals http://www.livescience.com/48399-when-neanderthals-humans-first-interbred.html 745 comments science
- European Neanderthals were on the verge of extinction even before the arrival of modern humans http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120225110942.htm 40 comments science
- Evidence Suggests Early Humans Mated with Neanderthals http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,693198,00.html 32 comments science
- DNA study concludes that all humans except for Africans are part Neanderthal http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100506-science-neanderthals-humans-mated-interbred-dna-gene/ 26 comments reddit.com
- Neanderthal DNA reveals split from humans http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-21-neanderthal-dna-reveals-split-from-humans 2 comments science
- Fossil record suggests humans, neanderthals mated http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/29/ar2007042901101.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Human teeth found in Jersey hint at Neanderthal and Homo sapiens interbreeding https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/february/human-teeth-in-jersey-hint-at-neanderthal-homo-sapiens-interbreeding.html 3 comments anthropology
- Humans occupied the Iberian Peninsula 5,000 years earlier than previously believed. Researchers unearthed stone tools in a cave in central Portugal, changing the timeline for humans absorbing and replacing Neanderthal populations. https://www.inverse.com/science/stone-tool-rewrites-human-story 5 comments science
- Cave fossils show modern humans shared memes with Neanderthals https://www.cnet.com/news/cave-fossils-show-modern-humans-shared-memes-with-neanderthals/ 3 comments nottheonion
- Modern humans and Neanderthals commingled at many points in history, raising the possibility that the ancient hominins were just another version of us. https://www.wired.com/story/humans-neanderthals-interbreeding/?fbclid=iwar1zn87ey7k1ztpcyjakne8kmuvhjt82kfb9yw-5uejt-qmeh-g2dnqisbe 20 comments science
- Research reveals that neanderthals living in Europe between the two ice ages found it difficult to adapt to climate change, starved, and turned to eating human flesh https://www.matconlist.com/2019/04/research-reveals-that-neanderthals.html 16 comments science
- In Neanderthal DNA, Signs of a Mysterious Human Migration https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/science/neanderthals-dna-homo-sapiens-human-evolution.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur 34 comments science
- Ancient humans may have been mothers to some Neanderthals earlier than we thought https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/4/15919692/neanderthal-dna-modern-humans-interbreeding-sex-fossils-evolution 6 comments worldnews
- New dates rewrite Neanderthal story: Modern humans and Neanderthals co-existed in Europe 10 times longer than previously thought, a study suggests. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28693371 4 comments history
- Neanderthal DNA lives on in skin but not speech areas of modern DNA in non-African humans http://www.futurity.org/neanderthal-genome-lives-skin/ 17 comments science
- Neanderthal DNA lives on in modern humans, research shows http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-neanderthal-dna-20140130,0,3899949.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28l.a.+times+-+most+viewed+stories%29#axzz2rrfaieej 6 comments science
- Neanderthals shared speech and language with modern humans, study suggests http://phys.org/news/2013-07-neanderthals-speech-language-modern-humans.html 302 comments science
- New carbon dating suggests Neanderthals died out earlier, may not have lived alongside humans http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/new-carbon-dating-suggests-neanderthals-died-out-earlier-may-not-have-lived-alongside-humans/2013/02/04/5b3f4f40-6f28-11e2-b35a-0ee56f0518d2_story.html?tid=sm_btn_reddit 4 comments worldnews
- After 300,000 years of domination, European Neanderthals abruptly disappeared. Researchers from Cambridge have discovered that modern humans coming from Africa swarmed the region, arriving with over ten times the population as the Neanderthal inhabitants. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110728144928.htm 59 comments science
- Neanderthals were artistic like modern humans, study indicates https://phys.org/news/2018-02-neanderthals-artistic-modern-humans.html 3 comments europe
- The earliest known cave paintings fuel arguments about whether Neanderthals were the mental equals of modern humans http://www.nature.com/news/neanderthal-culture-old-masters-1.12974 4 comments science
- Trove of Neanderthal bones found in Greece, potentially holding answers about the earliest dispersal of modern humans into Europe, late survival of Neanderthals, and interaction between the two http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/neanderthal-fossils-greek-cave-ancient-humans_n_2992294.html 16 comments europe
- Neanderthals Died Out up to 15,000 Years Earlier than Previously Thought - May Not Have Lived Along-Side Modern Humans in Europe http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2013/130205_1.html 6 comments science
- Genetic remnants of an ancient infection indicate the mysterious Denisovans, not humans, are Neanderthals' closest cousins http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hominids/2012/06/virus-fossils-reveal-neanderthals-kin/ 4 comments science
- John Kerry says we can't leave climate emergency to 'neanderthals' in power: It’s a lie that humanity has to choose between prosperity and protecting the future, former US secretary of state tells Australian conference https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/03/john-kerry-says-we-cant-leave-climate-emergency-to-neanderthals-in-power 23 comments climate
- Cancer-causing human papillomaviruses (HPVs) diverged from common ancestors approximately half a million years ago, coinciding with the split between Neanderthals and modern Homo sapiens, with viral sexual transmission from Neanderthals to modern humans through interbreeding over past 80,000 years. https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1007352 9 comments science
- Climate change may have played a more important role in the extinction of Neanderthals than previously believed, according to a new study. - Impact of climate change on the transition of Neanderthals to modern humans in Europe. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/08/21/1808647115 6 comments science
- Humans got immunity boost from Neanderthals, study finds: Neanderthals, as well as hominids known as Denisovans, contributed key types of immune genes still found in human populations, scientists say. http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-neanderthal-immune-genes-20110826,0,377237.story 5 comments science
- 'X-Woman' Coexisted with Neanderthals, Modern Humans -- A newly discovered human species likely wore heavy clothing and bracelets and hunted large game. http://news.discovery.com/human/x-woman-human-ancestor.html 115 comments science
- Neanderthals may have died out due to cultural, rather than cognitive, inferiority to modern humans, according to a new mathematical model. http://phys.org/news/2016-02-neanderthal-extinction-due-human-cultural.html 24 comments science
- Neanderthal’s lives were just as violent as those of early Homo sapiens, according to a new study that compared injuries on ancient human skeletons. Past Work claimed that inferior, close-range hunting methods and a violent social culture made the species more prone to injury. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/11/15/neanderthals-head-trauma-hunting-homo-sapiens/#.w_abgghmhyu 7 comments science
- Being a self-described night owl and being prone to daytime napping are both traits positively influenced by Neanderthal variants, as are loneliness, low mood, and smoking, according to a study in the American Journal of Human Genetics. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleno/50571/title/effects-of-neanderthal-dna-on-modern-humans/ 319 comments science
- Mitochondrial DNA from Neanderthal individual who died in Swabian Jura in modern-day southwest Germany suggests that Neanderthals received genetic contribution from Africa by hominins that are closely related to modern humans more than 220,000 years ago http://www.shh.mpg.de/464174/neandertaler-dna-posth 8 comments science