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Ancient Origins<p>AO THROWBACK - New research shows that humans and Neanderthals were more compatible than many people think. <a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/humans-and-neanderthals-0013807" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ancient-origins.net/news-evolu</span><span class="invisible">tion-human-origins/humans-and-neanderthals-0013807</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ancient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientOrigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AncientOrigins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historymatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historymatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historyfacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historyfacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historylovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historylovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanEvolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanEvolution</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” 125,000 years ago on German lakeshore<br><a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/neanderthals-operated-fat-factory-125000-years-ago" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/07/nea</span><span class="invisible">nderthals-operated-fat-factory-125000-years-ago</span></a><br><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44460498" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">4460498</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prehistory</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” on German lakeshore</p><p><a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/neanderthals-operated-fat-factory-125000-years-ago/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/07/nea</span><span class="invisible">nderthals-operated-fat-factory-125000-years-ago/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Factory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Factory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prehistoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prehistoric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lakeshore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lakeshore</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> on the Portuguese <a href="https://c.im/tags/coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coast</span></a> and track ways in <a href="https://c.im/tags/dune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dune</span></a> landscapes, ca. 80,000 years ago </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/littoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>littoral</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-06089-4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41598-025</span><span class="invisible">-06089-4</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/241306/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/241306/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” 125,000 years ago on German lakeshore <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FoodHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Speckdäne<p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> Ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago</p><p>Groundbreaking discovery in Germany reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals: Fat is a very valuable food, packed with calories, especially important when other resources might be scarce. Our earliest ancestors in Africa already cracked open bones to extract the fatty marrow from bone cavities.<br>1/2</p>
Jens Notroff<p>English press release on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> running a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FatFactory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FatFactory</span></a> some 125,000 years ago in Germany (well, not *in* Germany back then, but you get the point 😉) via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LEIZA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LEIZA</span></a> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://idw-online.social/@idw_online" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>idw_online</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href="https://idw-online.de/de/news854632" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">idw-online.de/de/news854632</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Egbert<p>Neanderthals ran "fat factories" 125,000 years ago.<br>Groundbreaking discovery in Germany reveals large-scale fat processing by Neanderthals.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neanderthals</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://press.uni-mainz.de/neanderthals-ran-fat-factories-125000-years-ago/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">press.uni-mainz.de/neanderthal</span><span class="invisible">s-ran-fat-factories-125000-years-ago/</span></a></p>
MONREPOS<p>A new study, led by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@paleomonrepos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>paleomonrepos</span></a></span> and @leidenarchaeology together with @lda_sachsenanhalt, shows that Neanderthals systematically broke bones to extract valuable fat — much earlier than previously thought. A milestone that changes our view of Neanderthals as clever and strategic hunter-gatherers.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LEIZArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LEIZArchaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleomonrepos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleomonrepos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neandertaler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neandertaler</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arch%C3%A4ologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archäologie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Forschung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Forschung</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prehistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paleolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleolithic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeumarkNord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeumarkNord</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BecomingHuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BecomingHuman</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv1257?fbclid=IwY2xjawLUbxpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBsN1BlNlNaY2pCSXZqTE02AR5K0qV__skNS3JrUwdoyMnY7gY5z1HVDrLGx92godzH643MWyRwQzJr0bwktw_aem_5x7TfQcOtZ4h6o_MOk5YZw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adv1257?fbclid=IwY2xjawLUbxpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBsN1BlNlNaY2pCSXZqTE02AR5K0qV__skNS3JrUwdoyMnY7gY5z1HVDrLGx92godzH643MWyRwQzJr0bwktw_aem_5x7TfQcOtZ4h6o_MOk5YZw</span></a></p>
US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/36776/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/36776/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” 125,000 years ago on German lakeshore <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FoodHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> had a “fat factory” for processing bone grease 125,000 years ago – much earlier than thought.</p><p>Neanderthals were rendering animal bones for grease – extracting more nutrients from carcasses – in present-day Germany roughly 125,000 years ago, research suggests</p><p><a href="https://popular-archaeology.com/article/neanderthals-had-a-fat-factory-for-processing-bone-grease-125000-years-ago-much-earlier-than-thought/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">popular-archaeology.com/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/neanderthals-had-a-fat-factory-for-processing-bone-grease-125000-years-ago-much-earlier-than-thought/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/globalmuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globalmuseum</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> developed extraordinary technology for extraction of fat, vital nutrition from large mammal bones</p><p>'What makes Neumark-Nord so exceptional is the preservation of an entire landscape, not just a single site,’ notes Leiden-based author Prof. Wil Roebroeks. ‘We see Neanderthals hunting and minimally butchering deer in one area, processing elephants intensively in another, and—as this study shows—rendering fat from hundreds of mammal skeletons in a centralized location. There’s even some evidence of plant use, which is rarely preserved. This broad range of behaviors in the same landscape gives us a much richer picture of their culture.’'</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025/07/neanderthals-ran-fat-factories-125000-years-ago" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/</span><span class="invisible">2025/07/neanderthals-ran-fat-factories-125000-years-ago</span></a></p>
Jens Notroff<p>How old are the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sch%C3%B6ningenSpears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchöningenSpears</span></a>?</p><p>From initial estimates of 400,000 to 300,000, we're now at 200,000 years - which would put them right at a shift toward communal hunting strategies and increasingly complex social environments of Middle Paleolithic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adv0752" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adv0752</span></a></p>
David Cantrell 🏏<p>Can anyone remember what that <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> novel was where people met up with technologically advanced <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a>, who had back-scratching posts at the centre of their houses? Cos I've got an itch I can't reach, and need a recommendation for an interior designer.</p><p>No, I don't want advice. By the time you read this I will have used a doorway.</p>
Radical Anthropology<p>Pressure on <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> in S Italy, during aridity in Middle <a href="https://c.im/tags/Palaeolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeolithic</span></a> to get <a href="https://c.im/tags/fats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fats</span></a>, when carbs less available. The same kind of thing would have been true for <a href="https://c.im/tags/Homosapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homosapiens</span></a> in dry-season contexts, facing possible protein toxicity/'rabbit starvation'. For such large-brained humans this was a serious energetic/dietary constraint.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mousterian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mousterian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-archaeology/articles/10.3389/fearc.2025.1558698/full" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">frontiersin.org/journals/envir</span><span class="invisible">onmental-archaeology/articles/10.3389/fearc.2025.1558698/full</span></a></p>
Ars Technica News<p>We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew <a href="https://arstechni.ca/LR9p" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechni.ca/LR9p</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/skeletonsandskeletonaccessories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skeletonsandskeletonaccessories</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/paleoanthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoanthropology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ancientproteins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ancientproteins</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/paleoproteomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>paleoproteomics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ancientDNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ancientDNA</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Denisovans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Denisovans</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/proteomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proteomics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/hominins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hominins</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/skulls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skulls</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> Spread Across <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> With Surprising Speed—and Now We Know How </p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/neanderthals-spread-across-asia-with-surprising-speed-and-now-we-know-how-2000613781" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/neanderthals-sprea</span><span class="invisible">d-across-asia-with-surprising-speed-and-now-we-know-how-2000613781</span></a></p>
Archaeology News :verified:<p>43,000-year-old Neanderthal fingerprint discovered on stone is the world’s oldest</p><p>In a discovery from the San Lázaro rock shelter in central Spain, near Segovia, archaeologists have unearthed what is thought to be the earliest known human fingerprint, challenging long-standing assumptions about Neanderthals’ symbolic and artistic capabilities...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/43000-year-old-neanderthal-fingerprint/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/05/430</span><span class="invisible">00-year-old-neanderthal-fingerprint/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeologynews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fingerprints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fingerprints</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>'Modern humans were essentially like waves crashing on a beach, slowly but steadily eroding the beach away.” With this vivid simile, Princeton geneticist Joshua Akey describes a process that, until now, was shrouded in the mist of deep time: the incorporation, not extermination, of Neanderthals into the gene pool of modern humans.'</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/humanevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanevolution</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Homosapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homosapiens</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/palaeogenomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palaeogenomics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://modernengineeringmarvels.com/2025/05/26/unraveling-the-hidden-legacy-of-neanderthals-how-machine-learning-and-ancient-dna-are-redefining-human-evolution/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">modernengineeringmarvels.com/2</span><span class="invisible">025/05/26/unraveling-the-hidden-legacy-of-neanderthals-how-machine-learning-and-ancient-dna-are-redefining-human-evolution/</span></a></p>
Jake in the desert<p>A red dot, a 43,000 year old fingerprint, and a stone out of place—potential evidence of Neanderthal pareidolia <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-05-red-dot-year-fingerprint-stone.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-05-red-dot-</span><span class="invisible">year-fingerprint-stone.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a></p>
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