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Neanderthal Tooth Shows 59,000-Year-Old Dental Treatment

A peer-reviewed study suggests Neanderthals used stone tools to treat severe tooth decay.

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Science Study Finds Neandertal–Human Pairings Skewed Toward Neandertal Men and Modern Women

Ice Age Marks on German Artifacts Show Information Density Comparable to Proto‑Cuneiform, PNAS Study Finds

Yunxian Homo Erectus Skulls Re-Dated to About 1.77 Million Years

Oldest Known Handheld Wooden Tools, 430,000 Years Old, Unearthed in Greece

Moroccan Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years May Sit Near Human Lineage's Root

Moroccan Hominin Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Bolster African Roots of the Homo Sapiens Lineage

773,000-Year-Old Moroccan Fossils Recast the Early Family Tree of Modern Humans

Moroccan Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Anchor African Ancestors Near Modern Human Roots

Study Finds Cannibalised Neanderthal Women and Children at Belgium's Goyet Caves 45,000 Years Ago

Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

Study Finds 'Little Foot' May Be an Undocumented Australopithecus Lineage

Prolonged Drought Tied to ‘Hobbit’ Disappearance on Flores, New Study Finds

Neanderthals at Goyet Targeted Nonlocal Women and Children for Cannibalism, Study Finds

Study Finds Selective Neanderthal Cannibalism of Non-Local Women and Children at Belgian Cave

Goyet Cave Study Reconstructs Neanderthal Victims, Suggests Targeted Cannibalism

Study Finds Selective Exocannibalism of Non-Local Neanderthals at Belgium’s Goyet Caves

New Model Recasts Neanderthal 'Extinction' as Genetic Absorption Into Modern Humans

Kenyan Site Shows 300,000 Years of Oldowan Toolmaking Through Climate Shifts

Kenyan Site Reveals 300,000 Years of Early Oldowan Toolmaking