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- If we cloned Neanderthals, what rights would they have? http://www.reason.com/news/show/131717.html 25 comments
- Ancient teeth show Neanderthals were right-handed http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/neanderthals-right-handed/ 9 comments science
- Joe Biden says climate change deniers are "Neanderthals" — that's not fair to Neanderthals | The president is right that climate change denial is stupid — but archaic humans are not to blame https://www.salon.com/2024/03/01/joe-biden-says-climate-change-deniers-are-neanderthals--thats-not-fair-to-neanderthals/ 140 comments climate
- All humans have a right-hand-to-left-hand ratio of 9 to 1. Our nearest ape relatives lack this hand laterality, along with the modern FOXP2 language sequence, but Neanderthals had both. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/opinion/global/who-are-you-calling-a-neanderthal.html?_r=0 11 comments science
- A fossilised Neanderthal, found in France and nicknamed 'Thorin', is from an ancient and previously undescribed genetic line that separated from other Neanderthals around 100,000 years ago and remained isolated for more than 50,000 years, right up until our ancient cousins went extinct. https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/an-ancient-neanderthal-community-was-isolated-for-over-50-000-years 101 comments science