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Neanderthals were stockier than us, so needed more oxygen

Neanderthals may have powered their bigger bodies by breathing deeper

30 October 2018

The Neanderthal rib cage was about the same size as ours but a different shape, which suggests the extinct humans could take in more air with each breath

The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?

21 February 2018

Deep inside our genome are bits of DNA we share only with animals such as dogs and cattle. Our self-domestication may have been a pivotal moment in making us human

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Neanderthals may have powered their bigger bodies by breathing deeper

The tamed ape: were humans the first animal to be domesticated?

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