News tagged with neanderthal extinction
Study shows competition, not climate change, led to Neanderthal extinction
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 29, 2008 |
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In a recently conducted study, a multidisciplinary French-American research team with expertise in archaeology, past climates, and ecology reported that Neanderthal extinction was principally a result of competition with ...
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Neanderthal extinction hypothesis offered
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May 01, 2007 |
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A Spanish study suggests climate changes might have caused the extinction of the Neanderthals on the Iberian Peninsula.
New evidence on the role of climate in Neanderthal extinction
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Sep 12, 2007 |
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The mystery of what killed the Neanderthals has moved a step closer to resolution after an international study led by the University of Leeds has ruled out one of the competing theories – catastrophic climate change – as ...
Britain’s last Neanderthals were more sophisticated than we thought
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Jun 23, 2008 |
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An archaeological excavation at a site near Pulborough, West Sussex, has thrown remarkable new light on the life of northern Europe’s last Neanderthals. It provides a snapshot of a thriving, developing population – rather ...
Neanderthal Lacked Anatomical Competitive Edge: Skeletal Remains Tell the Story
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Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of the skeletal fossils of Neanderthal and Early modern man suggest the lack of a "throwing arm" may have made the difference in human evolution. Researchers Jill A. Rhodes and ...
Did modern humans eat Neanderthals?
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May 18, 2009 |
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Modern humans may have eaten Neanderthals, scientists report in the Journal of Anthropological Sciences this month.
Study confirms 3 Neanderthal sub-groups
Apr 15, 2009 |
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The Neanderthals inhabited a vast geographical area extending from Europe to western Asia and the Middle East 30,000 to 100,000 years ago. Now, a group of researchers are questioning whether or not the Neanderthals ...
Daily grind: Fossil molars add to Neanderthal debate
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Nov 22, 2006 |
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Palaeontologists have fired a new round in a verbal battle over the Neanderthals, the hominids who were our closest evolutionary cousins before they met a strange and possibly tragic end.
Researchers Probe Links Between Modern Humans and Neanderthals
Sep 19, 2009 |
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Which genes make us uniquely human? Scientists are looking at DNA in old bones to find out. The focus now is not so much on our own species, Homo sapiens. Instead, scientists are probing DNA in well-preserved pieces ...
The flash recovery of ammonoids after the most massive extinction of all time
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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After the End-Permian extinction 252.6 million years ago, ammonoids diversified and recovered 10 to 30 times faster than previous estimates.
Researchers use computational models to study fear
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 30, 2009 |
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The brain is a complex system made of billions of neurons and thousands of connections that relate to every human feeling, including one of the strongest emotions, fear. Most neurological fear studies have been rooted in ...
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