The icy truth behind Neanderthals
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Their bodies were well equipped to cope with the Ice Age, so why did the Neanderthals die out when it ended? Horizon looks for answers.
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists shed new light on disputed skeleton findÂ· Bone analysis supports distinct species theory
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A tiny hobbit-like human that lived 18,000 years ago was a member of its own species, not a modern human with a brain disorder, according to a new study of the hominin's skull.
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Unleashing a new kind of DNA analyzer on a 38,000-year-old fragment of fossilized Neanderthal bone, scientists have reconstructed a portion of that creature's genetic code -- a technological tour de force that has researchers convinced they will soon know the entire DNA sequence of the closest...
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Scientists took a fresh look at human evolution through tiny hitchhikers that have clung to humans and their relatives for centuries - lice.
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Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a species of dwarf people, dubbed Homo floresiensis.
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A four-inch core sample is a chapter of ancient history in which a Neanderthal amoeba or a worm can thicken the plot for researchers.
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The scientific world has just been given an amazing new insight into the complexities of human evolution. A team of Indonesian and Australian scientists has discovered fossils of a new human
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They&#39;re tiny and pesky, but also hold secrets to our evolution: Head lice have shown researchers that an extinct species of early human had direct contact with modern-day man 25,000 years ago.
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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.
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Historians of the Stone Age fear that they will have to rip up their theories about Neanderthal Man after doubt has been cast on the carbon dating of skeletons by a leading German anthropologist.
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Like bringing to life a naked mannequin, scientists are using genetic and physical evidence found in fossils to clothe the skeletal remains of our closest hominid relatives, the Neanderthals.
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The story of modern humansâ final interactions with the extinct Homo erectus may have been revealed by research into the evolution of lice.
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The image of Neanderthals may be in need of a makeover: scientists say at least some of these extinct hominids could have had fair skin and red hair.
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Scientists said the fossils should give new insights into a little-known period of early human origins.
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Paris - In one of the most spectacular fossil finds in decades, anthropologists say they have found the bones of a tiny human who is a twig in mankind&#39;s family tree.
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Studi sul DNA nucleare di due esemplari, uno italiano l'altro spagnoloavevano la stessa mutazione di un gene, responsabile di quelle caratteristiche fisiche                                          Capelli rossi e pelle chiara ecco l'uomo di Neandertal                                                                                  Tratti simili a quelli che si ritrovano nell'uomo moderno di origine europeama l'evoluzione Ã¨ stata indipendente rispetto a quella dell'Homo Sapiensdi ALESSIA MANFREDI