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Modern human and Neanderthal skull

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Neanderthals may have died out due to sheer bad luck

Modern humans have long been in the frame for driving our Neanderthal cousins to extinction, but random chance may explain their downfall

Cave paintings in Andalusia, Spain, have been attributed to Neanderthals

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Neanderthals’ cave art skills questioned in dispute over age of images

This is one of the Neanderthal footprints discovered at Le Rozel

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Ancient footprints show Neanderthals may have been taller than thought

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Neanderthals spent a surprising amount of time underwater

Geek coastline

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Our species got to Europe 165,000 years earlier than we thought

Neanderthal fossils

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Ancient DNA reveals Neanderthal migration and interbreeding

Reconstruction of Homo erectus

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Mystery hominin had sex with ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans

A golden eagle

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Neanderthals may have prized golden eagle claws for symbolic value聽

medieval manuscript

Life

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Neanderthals artwork

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Cosy up with the Neanderthals, the first humans to make a house a home

Meet the Stone Age people who liked nothing better than spending time indoors around the fire, doing a spot of DIY and having friends over for dinner

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Neanderthals may have been sprinters not endurance runners

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The last Neanderthals may have died out much earlier than we thought

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Some people have slightly squashed heads thanks to Neanderthal DNA

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Complex stone tools in China may re-write our species’ ancient history