Neanderthals

Neanderthals (; Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis), also written as Neandertals, are an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago.

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Genetic clues tell the story of Neanderthals' decline

Neanderthals survived on a knife’s edge for 350,000 years

Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar As Ancient Antibiotic, Study Finds

Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago: Evidence suggests Neanderthals knew some plants could help them and birch tar seems to be on that list.

Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar

Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as Natural Antibiotic

Neanderthals may have used birch tar for its anti-bacterial properties - EurekAlert!

Neanderthals may have treated wounds with antibiotic sticky tar

Neanderthals May Have Hunted Giant Elephants that Roamed across Prehistoric Europe

Hunted by neanderthals: Giant elephants traveled hundreds of kilometers across ice-age europe - EurekAlert!

What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals

When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers

Surprising partner preference found in matings between Neanderthals and modern humans

Neanderthals Mysteriously Collected Horned Skulls in a Cave, But Why?

Europe’s “untouched” wilderness was shaped by Neanderthals and hunter-gatherers

New study uses Neanderthals to demonstrate gap in generative AI, scholarly knowledge - EurekAlert!

Neanderthals and early humans may have interbred over a vast area

New DNA evidence finds that Neanderthals didn’t go extinct. They were absorbed into our ancestors through thousands of years of interbreeding, and they live on in the DNA of nearly everyone alive today.

The hunt for where the last Neanderthals lived

Fossils point to common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals