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Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago.
Over the years, excavations at Chagyrskaya Cave in southwestern Siberia have unearthed an assortment of Paleolithic treasures, including heaps of tools fashioned from stone and bone, alongside fossils from the easternmost population of Neanderthals.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5815047/neanderthal-tooth-dentistry-cavity-drill?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #Neanderthals #dentistry
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Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago.
Over the years, excavations at Chagyrskaya Cave in southwestern Siberia have unearthed an assortment of Paleolithic treasures, including heaps of tools fashioned from stone and bone, alongside fossils from the easternmost population of Neanderthals.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5815047/neanderthal-tooth-dentistry-cavity-drill?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #Neanderthals #dentistry
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Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago.
Over the years, excavations at Chagyrskaya Cave in southwestern Siberia have unearthed an assortment of Paleolithic treasures, including heaps of tools fashioned from stone and bone, alongside fossils from the easternmost population of Neanderthals.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5815047/neanderthal-tooth-dentistry-cavity-drill?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #Neanderthals #dentistry
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Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago.
Over the years, excavations at Chagyrskaya Cave in southwestern Siberia have unearthed an assortment of Paleolithic treasures, including heaps of tools fashioned from stone and bone, alongside fossils from the easternmost population of Neanderthals.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5815047/neanderthal-tooth-dentistry-cavity-drill?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #Neanderthals #dentistry
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Neanderthals may have drilled out a cavity 59,000 years ago.
Over the years, excavations at Chagyrskaya Cave in southwestern Siberia have unearthed an assortment of Paleolithic treasures, including heaps of tools fashioned from stone and bone, alongside fossils from the easternmost population of Neanderthals.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5815047/neanderthal-tooth-dentistry-cavity-drill?utm_source=globalmuseum #globalmuseum #Neanderthals #dentistry
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@HI_Greens Indeed - that wouldn't surprise me at all! I can very well imagine the existence of #Neanderthals with that sort of #knowledge. If there were #Neanderthal #dentists, why not Neanderthal #doctors & #pharmacists? They probably didn't divide up the roles like we do.
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@HI_Greens Indeed - that wouldn't surprise me at all! I can very well imagine the existence of #Neanderthals with that sort of #knowledge. If there were #Neanderthal #dentists, why not Neanderthal #doctors & #pharmacists? They probably didn't divide up the roles like we do.
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So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist.
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So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist.
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So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist.
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So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist.
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So, the #Neanderthals were a bunch of idiots who went around dragging their knuckles on the ground, were they, & people still talk about #football #hooligans or supporters of Tommy Robinson being "Neanderthals". The #reality was VERY different - they were extremely smart, & didn't become #extinct because of lack of #intelligence. Maybe we should bear that in mind. See: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist.
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Neanderthals used stone drills to treat cavities 59,000 years ago, tooth suggests https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/neanderthals-stone-drills-treat-cavities-tooth-siberia-dentist #Neanderthals #Archaeology #Anthropology #Evolution #Biology #Science #Dentists #Health #Society
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Study: Central-Eastern Europe’s oldest Neanderthal group identified through DNA
DNA recovered from Neanderthal teeth found in Stajnia Cave in southern Poland shows the oldest known group of…
#Europe #EU #Archaeologicalstudy #Archaeology #DNA #Globalnews #Neanderthals #Poland #teeth
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New studies suggest that Neanderthals were less resilient than modern humans when faced with environmental shocks due to less flexible social networks.
#Neanderthals #anthropology
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Researchers discovered that Neanderthals used prehistoric rhinoceros teeth as durable tools for shaping stone and processing materials. The findings reveal surprising levels of planning and ingenuity among our ancient relatives.
#AncientHistory #Neanderthals #Mystery #Archaeology #HumanOrigins
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Neanderthals weren’t just eating rhinos. New research shows they kept the teeth and used them as hammers and anvils during stone tool production. Controlled experiments and microscopic analysis make the case. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #MiddlePaleolithic https://www.anthropology.net/p/rhinoceros-teeth-as-neanderthal-tools
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Neanderthals ran 'fat factories' 125,000 years ago
https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025/07/neanderthals-ran-fat-factories-125000-years-ago
#HackerNews #Neanderthals #fat #factories #archaeology #ancient #history #evolution
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@ScienceAlert @sciencealert-ScienceAlert
An insightful research by P.T.Schoenemann et al. (2026)addresses the question of whether #Neanderthals truly lived up to the stereotype of their common perception as brutish and #intellectuallyimpaired. The authors showed that the variability in #brain #volume among #Homosapiens is greater than that between H. sapiens and Neanderthals not supporting a significant intellectual difference.
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New study: Neanderthal brain differences from modern humans are smaller than the variation between two living human populations today. The cognitive inferiority argument doesn’t survive the math. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-measure-of-a-neanderthal-mind
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Think You Get Cold? New Research Shows The Incredible Adaptations Neanderthals Made To Survive The Ice Age. » TwistedSifter
Pexels If you live in, or have visited, a cold country, you’ll know how much of a struggle…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #adaptation #basemetabolicrate #brownadiposetissue #CA #campfire #Canada #Clothing #Cold #coldadaptation #IceAge #Neanderthals #Science #Siberia #singletopic #Survival #top
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New research maps Neanderthal and Homo sapiens habitats across Europe 60,000–34,000 yrs ago. The habitat was fine. What differed was how well each group’s territories were connected to each other — and that may have made all the difference. #Neanderthals #HumanEvolution #Paleoanthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-network-problem-what-spatial
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Cave bears dominated bone counts at a Galician Paleolithic cave, but ZooMS shows they mostly denned and died there. Horse was a major prey animal. Collagen told a different story. #Paleoanthropology #Zooarchaeology #Neanderthals https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-the-bear-teeth-were-hiding-zooms
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At least 7 Neanderthals from one Polish cave, ~100,000 years old — some possibly related. Their mitochondrial DNA links them to a lineage once spread from France to the Caucasus. #Neanderthals #AncientDNA #Paleoanthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/a-small-group-in-a-polish-cave-and
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Was “behavioral modernity” ever a useful concept — or just a convenient label we’re ready to retire? New work argues Neanderthal evidence has made the concept unworkable. 🧠 #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution https://www.anthropology.net/p/its-time-to-retire-behavioral-modernity
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Neanderthals at a German lakeside site 125,000 years ago carefully cleaned pond turtle shells—possibly for use as containers. First evidence of turtle exploitation north of the Alps, published in Scientific Reports.
#Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #Zooarchaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-smallest-prey-at-the-lake -
🧠🔪 Ah, the irony! #Neanderthals thrived on the brink for 350,000 years, yet here we are in 2023, utterly helpless without #JavaScript and cookies. 🍪 Apparently, modern man can't even read about ancient #survival without a digital crutch. 😂
https://www.science.org/content/article/neanderthals-survived-knife-s-edge-350-000-years #Irony #DigitalAge #HackerNews #ngated -
New zooarchaeological analysis of the 125,000-year-old Lehringen site confirms Neanderthals hunted a straight-tusked elephant with a wooden spear and butchered bear, beaver, and aurochs at the same lakeshore. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #Zooarchaeology https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-lehringen-spear-revisited
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Two new genomic studies reveal Neanderthals as a patchwork of tiny, isolated groups — more genetically fractured than any living human populations. A single bottleneck nearly ended them 65,000 years ago. #Neanderthals #AncientDNA #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Paleoanthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/one-species-barely-holding-together
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Study Finds Europe’s Neanderthals Descended from a Single Population
Europe’s late Neanderthals largely came from a single population. Credit: GreekReporter Archive Europe’s Neanderthals may have traced most…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #AncientDNA #archaeology #Europe’sNeanderthals #GB #humanevolution #mitochondrialDNA #Neanderthals #SinglePopulation #UK #UnitedKingdom
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New mtDNA from 6 Neanderthal sites shows nearly all Late Neanderthals descended from one refugium population in SW France ~65,000 years ago — then collapsed again ~42,000 years ago. #Neanderthals #AncientDNA #Paleoanthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/one-lineage-to-rule-them-all-the
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Only an uneducated piece of 💩 would drink shitty coffee from a plastic cup and then discard that plastic cup on the side of the road or leave on beaches and public places.
Go back to your caves, you f-ing neanderthals.
#Pollution #Plastic #Microplastics #Trash #Education #Friday #indifference #Neanderthals #ShittyPeople
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Birch tar, a viscous substance derived from birch bark, exhibits notable #antimicrobial properties and was likely utilized by #Neanderthals as a medicinal treatment for wounds, rather than exclusively as an adhesive.
#Archeology #Paleontology #Microbiology #Botany #sflorg
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Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar
Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/never-mind-band-aids-neanderthals-had-antiseptic-birch-tar/#ancient-people-did-stuff #anthropology #antibiotics #archaeology #herbal-remedies #hominins #neanderthals #paleoanthropology #science -
New research reads 125,000-year-old elephant molars like travel diaries—strontium isotopes show some Neanderthal-hunted giants roamed up to 300 km before arriving at a German lake site. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #Pleistocene https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-elephant-teeth-tell-us-about
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New research reads 125,000-year-old elephant molars like travel diaries—strontium isotopes show some Neanderthal-hunted giants roamed up to 300 km before arriving at a German lake site. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #Pleistocene https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-elephant-teeth-tell-us-about
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New research reads 125,000-year-old elephant molars like travel diaries—strontium isotopes show some Neanderthal-hunted giants roamed up to 300 km before arriving at a German lake site. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #Pleistocene https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-elephant-teeth-tell-us-about
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New research reads 125,000-year-old elephant molars like travel diaries—strontium isotopes show some Neanderthal-hunted giants roamed up to 300 km before arriving at a German lake site. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #Pleistocene https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-elephant-teeth-tell-us-about
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New research reads 125,000-year-old elephant molars like travel diaries—strontium isotopes show some Neanderthal-hunted giants roamed up to 300 km before arriving at a German lake site. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #Pleistocene https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-elephant-teeth-tell-us-about
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🔥New paper out now in Science Advances🔥
News from the straight-tusked elephants from Neumark-Nord!
An international team has uncovered spectacular insights into life histories of some elephants by analysing their tooth enamel.
The study is the latest in a series of ongoing scientific analyses of artefacts from the former Neumark-Nord opencast lignite mine.
Read now 👇
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz0114#palaeolithic #paleolithic #archaeology #Neanderthals #elephants
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7-Jan-2026
Early #hominins from #Morocco reveal an African lineage near the root of #HomoSapiens
773,000-year-old fossils from Thomas Quarry I in Morocco illuminate the shared ancestry of Homo sapiens, #Neanderthals, and #Denisovans -
Interesting.
"The newly-analyzed tooth belonged to a male Denisovan who lived about 200,000 years ago, at a time when modern humans had not yet left Africa."
So, more importantly, this research apparently provides evidence that #Asians evolved from #Denisovans living in Siberia around 200,000 yrs ago, prior to & separately from other racial groups who evolved from other human ancestors that originated in Africa; the only common link apparently being interbreeding of these separate racial groups with the #Neanderthals, which itself was a separate human sub-species.
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Oldest evidence of people starting #fires
Heat-reddened clay, #fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where #Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000ya in #Suffolk, #England.
Based on chemical analysis of sediment at site, along with the telltale presence of pyrite, a mineral not naturally found nearby but very handy for striking sparks with flint, British Museum #archaeologist Rob Davis and colleagues say Neanderthals probably started fire themselves.
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A uniquely preserved Neanderthal skull from Italy reveals that their famous noses were not shaped by cold adaptation after all. Altamura’s nasal cavity forces a rethink of how Neanderthals grew, breathed, and evolved. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #HumanEvolution #PNAS https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-cave-that-reshaped-a-face-what
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15-Oct-2025
Did lead (#Pb) limit #brain and #language #development in #Neanderthals
and other extinct hominids?
Ancient human relatives were exposed to lead up to two million years ago, according to a new study. However, a #gene #mutation may have protected modern human brains, allowing language to flourish. -
my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 19: A #Denisovan skull identified this year reveals the face of our close relatives (comparable to #Neanderthals). https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-denisovan-skull.html #science #anthropology #fossils #humans #genome #palaeoanthropology #china
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More on #HomoLongi - and how it points a finger to early hominins splitting into distinct groups, including our closest relatives like #Neanderthals and #Denisovans, much earlier than thought:
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A reconstructed skull gives surprising clues to our enigmatic Ancestor X.
According to a new analysis of fossil remains, the shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans lived over a million years ago – more than twice as old as previously believed – which could completely change our understanding of humanity's evolution.
#Neanderthals #Denisovans #HomoSapiens #Ancestors #AncestorX #Humans #Humanity #Evolution #Science
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Man's best friend - First eradicate the Neanderthals, then biodiversity
Humans and their dogs drove our evolutionary cousins Neanderthals to extinction
"Early dogs, bred from wolves, played a critical role in the modern human’s takeover of Europe 40,000 years ago when we vanquished the Neanderthal locals. The Neanderthals, who had lived there for more than 200,000 years. However, within a few thousand years of our arrival, they disappeared...Humans and hunting dogs were, and still are, a deadly combination." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/01/hunting-with-wolves-humans-conquered-the-world-neanderthal-evolutionMan’s best friend may be nature’s worst enemy, study on pet dogs
“Many owners simply don’t realise the environmental damage dogs can cause, from disturbing wildlife to polluting ecosystems." >>
https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-release/mans-best-friend-may-be-natures-worst-enemy-study-on-pet-dogs-finds/Bad dog? The environmental effects of owned dogs
"The sheer number of dogs contributes to global carbon emissions and land and fresh water use via the pet food industry. " >>
https://www.publish.csiro.au/pc/pdf/PC24071#dogs #dog #pets #HumanAnimalInteraction #carnivores #DogAttacks #penguins #koalas
#extinction #Biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #water #pollution #faeces #disturbance #zoonoses #PetIndustry #meat #ecosystems #climate #shorebirds #beach #ExtinctionCrisis #Neanderthals #BellingenShire #EcologicalDisturbance #IntroducedSpecies
