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Neanderthal Tooth Shows Earliest Known Dental Surgery, Study Finds

Scans plus lab tests indicate purposeful stone‑tool drilling to treat infection, suggesting advanced skill and social care.

New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Ancient DNA Switches Tied to Language Predate the Human–Neanderthal Split

Elephant Tooth Isotopes Tie Neanderthal Hunting to Long-Range Prey at Neumark-Nord

Study Traces Primate Kissing to a Common Ape Ancestor 16–21 Million Years Ago

Altamura Neanderthal’s Nose Reconstruction Overturns Claimed Cold-Adaptation Traits

Early Humans in Italy Butchered a 404,000-Year-Old Elephant and Turned Its Bones Into Tools

140,000-Year-Old Skhul Child Shows Mixed Traits, Pointing to Early Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding

Study Finds Maggot Consumption Could Explain Neandertals’ High Nitrogen Levels

Neanderthals Traveled 2,000 Miles Across Eurasia Using River Valleys