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Neanderthal Bones Discovered In Coastal Cave

Posted 04.02.2013 | Science

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By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 04/01/2013 08:45 AM EDT on LiveScience A trove of Neanderthal fossils including bones of chi...

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Were Our Ancestors Sexually Promiscuous?

Posted 04.02.2013 | Books

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ReThink Review: The Croods - Caveman or Superman?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.21.2013 | Entertainment

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When is a cavemen not a cavemen? In the case of the new animated movie The Croods, it's when the family of "cavemen" in question looks cosmetically like Neanderthals but seem to have the powers of superheroes.

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Brain Structure May Have Contributed To Neanderthals' Demise

Posted 05.13.2013 | Science

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By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/12/2013 08:25 PM EDT on LiveScience Neanderthals' keen vision may explain why they couldn't ...

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Ancient Bone Raises New Questions About Early Humans

Posted 02.07.2013 | Science

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By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 02/06/2013 05:24 PM EST on LiveScience Scientists have unearthed a jawbone from an ancient huma...

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Communicating Science, Caveman Style

David Rejeski | Posted 04.02.2013 | Science

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The headline in the Britain's Daily Mail tabloid was hard to miss: "Wanted: Adventurous Woman to Give Birth to Neanderthal Man, Harvard Professor seeks Mother for Cloned Cave Baby."

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Monkey Study Puts Neanderthal Sex In Spotlight

Posted 12.10.2012 | Science

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By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 12/10/2012 09:35 AM EST on LiveScience A bundle of recent genetic studies have suggested modern humans ha...

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Most Human?

Rev. Peter Baldwin Panagore | Posted 01.05.2013 | Religion

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What does it mean to be pure Homo sapiens? I thought I knew. No one could be pure human unless we all are, so therefore we all are pure Homo sapiens. It would have to be either all of us or none of us, biblically, won't it?

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Why Do We Like to See Food on Fire?

Anneli Rufus | Posted 12.29.2012 | Home

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Flambéed dishes and drinks mix primal fury and campfire comradeship with old-school elegance -- that taken-up-a-notch flair (or, more accurately, "flare") that tells us we are having something special. It's good to get primitive sometimes.

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Who Killed The Neanderthal?

| Posted 09.23.2012 | Science

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By Michael Balter About 40,000 years ago, a huge volcanic eruption west of what is now Naples, Italy, showered ash over much of central and Eastern ...

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Did Neanderthals Have A Veggie-Heavy Diet?

Posted 07.19.2012 | Home

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New research into the diet of Neanderthals is changing the long-held conception that the European hominins were strictly meat-eaters. A study publi...

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Why Neanderthals Sported Arms Like Popeye

Posted 07.19.2012 | Science

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By: Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 07/18/2012 05:04 PM EDT on LiveScience The unusually powerful right arms of Neanderthals...

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The Worst History Channel Acting Jobs the Apocalypse Has to Offer

Andy McDonald | Posted 09.05.2012 | Comedy

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Few people have it worse in these end times than character actors in dramatic TV portrayals and reenactments on the History Channel or the Discovery Channel.

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DNA Study Shows Color Of Neanderthal Eyes

| Traci Watson | Posted 03.20.2012 | Science

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In museums around the world, reproductions of Neandertals sport striking blue or green eyes, pale skin, and gingery hair. Now new DNA analysis suggest...

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'Unique' Fossil Discovery May Reveal New Human Species

Posted 05.14.2012 | Science

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By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 03/14/2012 11:09 AM EDT on LiveScience Mysterious fossils of what may be a previously unknown...

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PHOTOS: Meet Your 'Cave Parents'

Posted 01.06.2012 | Science

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What did our 'cave parents' look like? Without a family album going back 7 million years, it can be tough to imagine them, especially when all we see ...

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Research Suggests Humans Had Sex With Extinct Related Species

Posted 01.02.2012 | Green

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New research suggests that early humans mated with both Neanderthals as well as Denisovans, a recently-discovered early human species. Genomes fro...

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The Wrong Stuff

Jerry Zezima | Posted 12.04.2011 | Comedy

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"You're not qualified to have adult children if you don't have a basement," Tim said. "Where are they going to put their stuff?" "In the garage," I replied.

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Research Shows Neanderthals Cooked And Ate Vegetables

cnn.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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A new study contradicts an earlier theory that the early humans were carnivorous. ...

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Mammoth Calf, Ancient Art Work Displayed At Neanderthal Museum In Germany (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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A stunning new German exhibition is shedding new light onto the prehistoric era. Displayed at the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, Germany, the exhib...

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The Adventures of Ozzy and Sanity

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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In the early '80s, shortly after a music trade magazine I'd been editing bit the bullet, a honcho at mega-label CBS Records hired me to help with the ...

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Neanderthal DNA Found In Human DNA: Human Ancestors Mated With Extinct Species, Researchers Say

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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WASHINGTON — We have met Neanderthal and he is us – at least a little. The most detailed look yet at the Neanderthal genome helps answer o...

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Surprising Way Your Neanderthal Genes May Affect You

Garret LoPorto | Posted 02.27.2012 | Healthy Living

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The DRD4 7R gene makes you think like a Neanderthal. If you've got it, you're sensation-seeking, risk-taking, impulsive, and creative. We're ADHD, bipolar, and have addictive personalities.

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Mating Between Humans and Neanderthals Could Explain Glenn Beck

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

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"We believe that sex between a human and a Neanderthal may have resulted in several of the Fox News Channel's primetime hosts, including Glenn Beck," said a leading genetic researcher at UC Santa Cruz.

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