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Neanderthals

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Dec 10 • 5 months ago

This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires

We didn't start the fire. (Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.) ...

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Nov 01 • 6 months ago

Wear marks suggest Neanderthals made ocher crayons

Neanderthals were apparently no easier on their art supplies than modern kids. ...

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Oct 18 • 7 months ago

Lead poisoning has been a feature of our evolution

A recent study found lead in teeth from 2 million-year-old hominin fossils. ...

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