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Topic: Neanderthals

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina on January 8, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden: Climate deniers are Neanderthals

Matthew Rozsa
Cabinet of replica human fosil skulls. From a college dept of Anthropology. (kickstand via Getty Images)

New study upends human evolution history

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Trine Freiesleben and Jean-Claude discussing the fingerprints and where to take OSL samples. (Kristina Thomsen)

The world's oldest Neanderthal art?

Matthew Rozsa
A boat approaching a small island in the Aegean Sea. (Getty Images/George Pachantouris)

Boats predate humans — by 500,000 years

Troy Farah
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Steak with asparagus (Getty Images/Claudia Totir)

The real Paleo diet

Ceren Kabukcu - The Conversation
A Neanderthal skull and some of the Mousterian tools used by the Neanderthals are shown in this display during a tour of the "Ancestors" exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

Neanderthal DNA lives on in us

Joshua Akey - The Conversation
Primitive man in a cave (Getty Images/1971yes)

Neanderthals were carnivores after all

Matthew Rozsa
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Did Neanderthals make cave paintings?

Patty Hamrick
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(AP/Martin Meissner)

Neanderthal healthcare for all

Nicole Karlis
Vegetables (shutterstock)

Sarah Gray
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Sarah Gray
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Sarah Gray
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Our Neanderthal heritage

Laura Miller
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Ariel David
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