neandertals

Archaeologist Makes a Case for Seafaring Neandertals

发表于 2018-05-05 seafaring archaeologist neandertals

Ancient tools on Mediterranean islands could predate the appearance of modern humans—suggesting Neandertals took to the seas. Christopher Intagliata reports. Le…

Health Care Let Neandertals "Punch above Their Weight"

发表于 2018-10-18 neandertals punch weight

By caring for their sick and injured, Neandertals were able to expand into more dangerous environments and pursue more deadly prey. Christopher Intagliata repor…

Neandertals Tooled Around with Clams

发表于 2020-02-08 tooled neandertals clams

Neandertals ate clams and then modified the hard shells into tools for cutting and scraping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Allergies May Have Been Bequeathed by Neandertals

发表于 2016-01-08 bequeathed neandertals adchoices

Many non-African humans today have genes—which apparently made it into us via Neandertals—that ramp up resistance to pathogens, but bring on allergies, too. Chr…

Neandertals Live On in Our Genomes

发表于 2017-03-01 genomes neandertals adchoices

Researchers found that Neandertal gene variants still affect the way genes are turned off and on in modern humans. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more ab…