Researchers Reconstruct Neanderthal Face From Crushed 75,000-Year-Old Skull
The recently reconstructed female Neanderthal, named Shanidar Z, was found in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Shanidar Cave, a site that has yielded Neanderthal remains and tools since the 1950s. By the team’s estimation, the woman was older—in her mid-40s, perhaps—and stood at around five feet tall, according to a University of Cambridge release.
There’s still much to be learned about our prehistory. But we can’t help using it to explain the societies we have or to ...
When, why and how did Neanderthals die out? This pivotal moment in human evolution is still contested by archaeologists, and ...
Shanidar Z's skull — thought to be the best preserved Neanderthal find this century — "was as flat as a pizza," experts said.
Neanderthals were even better craftsmen than thought, a new analysis of 300,000-year-old wooden tools has revealed.
Neanderthals were much more intelligent than previously thought and were skilled enough to control fire and use it to cook food, according to a new study which suggests they lived closer to a ...
Secrets of the Neanderthals, an 80-minute documentary film, is made by BBC Studios Science Unit for Netflix. The Director is ...
Secrets of the Neanderthals, a new documentary from BBC Studios Science Unit, has premiered on Netflix globally.
Archaeologists have uncovered intriguing similarities between the behavior of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, one of our closest extinct relatives. In a study published in the Journal of ...
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