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#neandertals — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. In painted #caves, ancient #human #DNA clings to the walls
    Traces could someday help link #prehistoric #paintings to the people who made them
    Study cannot link DNA to artists behind #cavepaintings. But the knowledge that human DNA can be preserved on cave walls for thousands of years may enable future work that probes role of women in ancient art, traces the movement of artists and brings clarity to the debate over #Neandertals’ artistic abilities.
    sciencenews.org/article/ancien
    archive.ph/TNBC3