Did Neanderthals have religious beliefs?

Did Neanderthals have religious beliefs?

Is it possible that Neanderthals– whose skull and restoration we see here– had religions? (Image credit: JUSTIN TALLIS by means of Getty Images ) Neanderthals left different ideas about their…

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Did Neanderthals eat anything other than meat?

Did Neanderthals eat anything other than meat?

Meat, Neanderthals likewise consumed other foods, such as pistachios, lentils and wild peas. (Image credit: Aleksei Gorodenkov by means of Alamy) Neanderthals, our extinct cousins, are frequently depicted as consuming…

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Neanderthals were more susceptible to lead poisoning than humans — which helped us gain an advantage over our cousins, scientists say

Neanderthals were more susceptible to lead poisoning than humans — which helped us gain an advantage over our cousins, scientists say

Modern human beings have a gene variation that does a much better task at securing us from lead direct exposure than the version that Neanderthals had. (Image credit: Joe McNally…

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Neanderthals could be brought back within 20 years — but is it a good idea?

Neanderthals could be brought back within 20 years — but is it a good idea?

Researchers are better than ever to “de-extincting” types. Should they think about restoring Neanderthals? (Image credit: Gorodenkoff by means of Shutterstock) When researchers sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they…

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Neanderthals Were First Collectors of Fossils, New Research Suggests

Neanderthals Were First Collectors of Fossils, New Research Suggests

The Neanderthal groups that occupied a collapse what is now Spain around 46,000 years ago collected and gathered fossils, according to a paper released in the journal Quaternary Marine fossils…

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Neanderthals and modern humans interbred ‘at the crossroads of human migrations’ in Iran, study finds

Neanderthals and modern humans interbred ‘at the crossroads of human migrations’ in Iran, study finds

Neanderthals( envisioned here) and modern-day human beings satisfied– and possibly, interbred– in the Zagros Mountains, in between 120,000 and 80,000 years earlier. (Image credit: DEA/ G. CIGOLINI/ Contributor by means…

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