Joseph ShavitOct 20, 2022Meet the world's first Neandertal familyAncient genomes of 13 Neandertals provide a rare snapshot of their community and social organization over hundreds of thousands of years.
Joseph ShavitSep 21, 2022Modern humans generate more brain neurons than NeandertalsResearchers from Dresden uncover a greater neuron production in the frontal lobe during brain development in modern humans than Neandertals
Joseph ShavitJul 22, 2022When did the genetic variations that make us human emerge?A study has made an estimation of the time when some of the genetic variants that characterise our species emerged.
Joseph ShavitMar 6, 2022What explains our lower back pain? Anthropologists turn to Neandertals for answersThe analysis centers on the spine’s curvature, which is caused, in part, by a wedging, or angling, of vertebrae and the intervertebral discs
Joseph ShavitAug 6, 2021Cave painting show Neanderthals were not the boorish relatives of Homo sapiens Neanderthals, long perceived to have been unsophisticated and brutish, really did paint stalagmites in a Spanish cave 60,000 years ago.