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Underland is a profound journey into the mirror world of the dead

8 May 2019

An emotional and intellectual voyage into an underground mythical world imagined by the Sami people reveals truths about our collective future
Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation

Neanderthals ambushed cave bears as they awoke from hibernation

26 March 2018

Our extinct cousins the Neanderthals seem to have targeted cave bears, which were normally intimidating foes, while they were sleepy and weak from hibernating through the winter

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