Learn how these Neanderthal findings shaped what we know about Neanderthals and how our ancient human past is intertwined.

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in ...

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Neanderthals, our distant cousins, first appeared in Eurasia around 400,000 years ago. They’ve long been portrayed as sturdy, but brutish and dim-witted: the ultimate caveman. But ever since the ...

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