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A Neanderthal family

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Neanderthal DNA linked to higher fertility in modern humans

Some people carry a chunk of Neanderthal DNA that appears to reduce the chance of miscarriage and increase fertility

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The Bacho Kiro cave in Bulgaria

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Neanderthals may have learned jewellery-making from us

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Neanderthal string

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Oldest ever piece of string was made by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago

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Seafood

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Neanderthals feasted on seafood and nuts according to fossil remains

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neanderthal bones

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70,000-year-old remains suggest Neanderthals buried their dead

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Neanderthal and human encounters

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Neanderthals never lived in Africa, but their genes got there anyway

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fossil footprints

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Neanderthals may have climbed an active volcano soon after it erupted

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Modern human and Neanderthal skull

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Neanderthals may have died out due to sheer bad luck

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Cave paintings in Andalusia, Spain, have been attributed to Neanderthals

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Neanderthals' cave art skills questioned in dispute over age of images

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This is one of the Neanderthal footprints discovered at Le Rozel

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Ancient footprints show Neanderthals may have been taller than thought

The biggest collection of Neanderthal footprints yet discovered offers a window on their social structure, and shows that their group was filled with children

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Neanderthals spent a surprising amount of time underwater

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Our species got to Europe 165,000 years earlier than we thought

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Ancient DNA reveals Neanderthal migration and interbreeding

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Mystery hominin had sex with ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans

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