Tag: Neanderthals | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Date
June 23, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Asia, climate, Eurasia, food, Gizmodo, human history, Margherita Bassi, migration, Neanderthals, PLOS ONE, rivers, Siberia, University of Algarve, water}

For Migration, Neanderthals Followed Rivers

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June 23, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Of course, if they followed river systems, they were assured of sources of food and water along the way. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 7, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, archaeologists, archaeology, Ars Technica, Eurasia, Europe, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, Neanderthals, paleontology, Phys.org, weapons}

Slow-Witted? Neanderthals Invented Their Own Tech — Didn’t Copy

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 7, 2025

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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Neanderthals cannot be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. But if the human mind has no history, there is no missing link. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 4, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, China, Denisovans, East Asia, humans, Ice Age, Neanderthals, stone tools, The Conversation}

Neanderthals Keep Getting Smarter

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 4, 2025

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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At one time, Neanderthals were considered stupid. Things have changed. Meanwhile, they are presenting some mysteries. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, anti-human exceptionalism, artificial general intelligence, children, Christianity, computers, Denisovans, Henry Gee, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, human exceptionalism, human extinction, humans, natural selection, Neanderthals, Science (journal)}

Decline and Fall: A Vision of a Human-Free Planet

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 4, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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As the author of the review, Adrian Woolfson, says, the coming human eclipse originated in a sin against Darwinism. Read More ›

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Date
January 9, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, archaic humans, brain, Denisovans, evolution, human origins, humans, modern humans, Neanderthals, Phys.org, researchers, skull, University of Padua}

Neanderthals May Be “Same Species” As Us

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January 9, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Using coalescence analyses and molecular clock assessments, the researchers reconstructed a timeline of genetic events. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 24, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, "Out of Africa", Africans, bioRxiv, Current Biology, Fossil Friday (series), intelligent design, introgression, Nature (journal), Nature Genetics, Neanderthal DNA, Neanderthals, Nobel laureates, non-Africans, paleontology, PNAS, population size, Science (journal), scientific community, Svante Pääbo, University of Cambridge}

No. 9 Story of 2024: Suppressed Dissent About Neanderthal DNA in Modern Humans

_{Günter Bechly
December 24, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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The case of Professor William Amos represents an interesting parallel with dissenters in the intelligent design community. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, amino acids, ancestors, chimpanzees, Denisovans, DNA, human origins, humans, Live Science, Neanderthals}

Reader Asks: What Is Denisovan DNA?

_{Casey Luskin
December 12, 2024

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The “Denisovans” are kind of a fictional group from which we only have a few fragmented bone specimens. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 5, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Australian National University, feathers, Günter Bechly, human origins, Middle Palaeolithic, missing links, Neanderthals, New York University, Spain, tools}

More Discoveries Point to Neanderthal Intelligence

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 5, 2024

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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This very ancient people we know the most about can’t be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, antibiotics, burial, cave art, compassion, Darwin critics, Darwinian evolution, Down syndrome, fire, gene pool, genetic admixture, Homo sapiens, humankind, jewelry, music, Neanderthals, Science (journal), Spain}

Fossil Friday: Human Nature of Neanderthals Supported Again

_{Günter Bechly
August 16, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Extended caregiving for a strongly disabled child is a highly non-Darwinian behavior that indeeds suggests compassion on a level only found in humans. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 30, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, archaeologists, birds, bison, Casey Luskin, cave bears, cooking, Darwinian theory, horses, human mind, human origins, Neanderthals, Portugal, The Descent of Man, wolves, ZME Science}

The Joy of (Neanderthal) Cooking

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 30, 2024

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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The Darwinian account of the human race would be much easier to believe in good faith if scientists could point to a clearly inferior and clearly human being. Read More ›