Was a lack of get-up-and-go the death of the Neanderthals?
Phys.org - Sat 14 Sep 24A new study posits a very surprising answer to one of history's great mysteries—what killed off the Neanderthals?
Was A Lack Of Get-up-and-go The Death Of The Neanderthals?, International Business Times - Wed 11 Sep 24New Neanderthal Lineage From 100,000 Years Ago Helps Explain Their Extinction
Discover Magazine - Wed 11 Sep 24A group of early humans, isolated for 50,000 years in a French cave system, is genetically different than previously researched Neanderthals.
Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia
Newscientist - Wed 11 Sep 24Analysis of DNA from a Neanderthal fossil found in a French cave indicates that it belonged to a group that was isolated for more than 50,000 years
Neanderthal group genetically isolated for 50,000 years despite being just 10 days’ walk from neighbours
Cosmos Magazine - Wed 11 Sep 24DNA from a fossilised Neanderthal found in France reveals he was part of a community which was isolated from other Neanderthal for 50,000 years. The findings are detailed in a paper published ...
Archaeologists discover an ancient Neanderthal lineage that remained isolated for over 50,000 years
Phys.org - Wed 11 Sep 24A fossilized Neanderthal discovered in a cave system in the Rhône Valley, France, represents an ancient and previously undescribed lineage that diverged from other currently known Neanderthals ...
Long-lost Neanderthal group that lived 50,000 years ago is discovered and it has links to 'The Hobbit'
Daily Mail - Tue 17 Sep 24Neanderthal remains recovered from a cave in France have been named 'Thorin' after a character from J.R.R. Tolkien's book The Hobbit. Now, his bones are rewriting early human history.
Scientists Sequenced the ‘Last Neanderthal’s’ DNA—and It Alters Human History
Popular Mechanics - Tue 17 Sep 24 Cave discovery in France may explain why Neanderthals disappeared, scientists say, CNN - Thu 12 Sep 24Neanderthals And Modern Humans Started Burying Their Dead At The Same Time And Place, IFLScience - Fri 13 Sep 24
Neanderthal Remains Discovery Challenges History of Ancient Human Relatives, Newsweek - Wed 11 Sep 24
Meet Thorin: A Cave-Dwelling Population Of Neanderthals Were Isolated For 50,000 Years, IFLScience - Wed 11 Sep 24
Isolation May Have Led to Neanderthal Extinction, Mirage News - Thu 12 Sep 24
Ancient Neanderthal Lineage Isolated for 50,000 Years, Mirage News - Wed 11 Sep 24
Isolated Lifestyle Led to Neanderthals' Extinction, Mirage News - Wed 11 Sep 24
Genetic analysis of Neanderthal named for Tolkien character reveals history of inbreeding
Salon - Sat 14 Sep 24A recent genetic study on Thorin the Neanderthal's DNA revealed 50,000 years of isolation and inbreeding
Science news this week: 'Thorin' the last Neanderthal and a 'smiley face' on Mars
Livescience - Sat 14 Sep 24Sept. 14, 2024: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend. ...
Scientists find a new Neanderthal population that stayed completely isolated for 50,000 years
ZME Science - Thu 12 Sep 24Something like this would seem unimaginable for our Homo sapiens species.
Ancient DNA Reveals Neanderthal Group Was Isolated for 50,000 Years
Smithsonian Magazine - Thu 12 Sep 24A new study, based on the remains of a Neanderthal nicknamed Thorin, is shaking up what archaeologists long thought about these early humans in Europe
Neanderthal Lineage Was Isolated For an Astonishing 50,000 Years
ScienceAlert - Wed 11 Sep 24A long time to hold a grudge.
Neanderthals’ social isolation may have sped up their extinction
Popular Science - Wed 11 Sep 24Using DNA extracted from some roughly 45,000-year-old bones, scientists have found a new Neanderthal lineage that likely did not have a lot of interaction with others from its species. The ...
DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced, revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation
Livescience - Wed 11 Sep 24Thorin — nicknamed after a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — is also called the "last Neanderthal" because he may have lived as recently as 42,000 ...
A Hidden Lineage: New Insights into Neanderthal Evolution
Anthropology.net - Wed 11 Sep 24In a very groundbreaking, surprising study1, researchers have revealed that European Neanderthals consisted of at least two distinct populations, evolving in isolation for tens of thousands ...
Neanderthal Populations Were Genetically and Socially Isolated for Tens of Thousands of Years: Study
Sci.News - Wed 11 Sep 24Thorin is one of the best-represented Neanderthal individuals found in France since the discovery from Saint-Césaire in 1979. The post Neanderthal Populations Were Genetically and Socially ...