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Now scientists intend to carefully study the jewelry, to learn more about them. Neanderthals are considered ancestors of modern humans. They possessed certain features which continue to the present day. Scientists of the max Planck Institute believe that in the days of primitive society originated the basics of expression and …

Neanderthals were very hardy creatures, physically they were better able to survive than is Homo sapiens. The researchers believed that the case in the beginnings of intelligence of Homo sapiens, with which they made weapons and household items. But recent studies have shown that Neanderthals also did the items that …

The ancient people could produce clothing that recalls the parks of the modern peoples of the North. Scientists said that the ability to sew more quality warm clothing allowed modern people to gain an advantage over the Neanderthals. The research results were published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. Modern …

The Neanderthals became extinct because could not smoke.American scientists reported that one of the reason for the extinction of Neanderthals as a species was that they could not smoke. As the message of the scientists in those days, the Smoking process had not yet been mastered, however, the ancestors of …

  Edward Epstein National Geographic Russian archaeologists studying this summer, one of the northernmost Neanderthal sites in Europe, which is located near the city of Bryansk. The Department of science “Газеты.Ru” managed to talk to the leader of the expedition, candidate of historical Sciences, researcher of the Palaeolithic section of …

An interesting discovery was able to do a group of scientists who learned that in the distant past, Neanderthals have ruined the mutation occurred in their genes. Neanderthals practiced incest, their genetic “baggage” was the least diverse, and in addition they were carriers of mutations with mild negative effect. The …

Modern humans have very little genes from neandertalci. The genomes of the ancient neaderthals contained a harmful mutation. They reduced their fertility and, ultimately, resulted in the complete extinction of this species of human ancestors. These researchers from Stanford University showed the following. The fecundity of neandertalci mutating genes were …

The Neanderthals were also made from the bones of relatives tools. Lived in Belgium 40 thousand years ago, Neanderthals ate each other, bones made tools. On the bones recovered from the cave Goya (near NAMUR), traces of cuts, nicks and grooves, clearly indicating the use of the remains of food. …

In the French cave was found a mysterious building of the Neanderthals. In the depths of the cave Bruniquel in the South-West of France, in the dark, scientists have discovered an unusual structure — circles of stalagmites, some of which was ripped and built like a stockade. This discovery was …

Scientists have found why Neanderthals became extinct. Anthropologists who work at the University of Colorado, said that the Neanderthals died out because of cold and hunger. After studying the remains of animals that were discovered in the South-West of France in the caves, it was concluded that the ancient people …