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A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches
People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans
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The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn鈥檛 conquer the world
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Has a volcanic eruption ever wiped out a species of hominins?
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How DNA in dirt is reshaping our understanding of Stone Age humans
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Ancient genomes reveal when modern humans and Neanderthals interbred
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Game-changing archaeology from the past 5 years 鈥� and what鈥檚 to come
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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?
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Read an extract from Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake
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A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out
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Rachel Kushner鈥檚 Booker-shortlisted Creation Lake is top-notch
For an undercover operative, Sadie Smith takes unnecessary risks as she infiltrates an eco-activist group. Why? And where do the Neanderthals fit into Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner's Booker-shortlisted climate fiction novel? Emily H. Wilson loved finding out
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Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia
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Neanderthal cooking skills put to the test with birds and stone tools
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Neanderthal child may have had Down鈥檚 syndrome
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Oldest known human viruses found hidden within Neanderthal bones
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