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

Bayesian modeling with a standardized cross-species definition infers deep evolutionary roots for mouth‑to‑mouth contact.

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