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Genomes of modern Indian people include wide range of Neanderthal DNA

A genetic study of nearly 2700 individuals has revealed the ancestry of Indian people, and gets scientists closer to reconstructing the genomes of ancient Neanderthals

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Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to a long, healthy life

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Neanderthals hunted cave lions with spears and made use of their pelts

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Alice Roberts interviewed by ten-year-old Jenny Flood

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Alice Roberts interviewed by a 10-year-old about her novel, Wolf Road

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Alice Roberts: Archaeology can create a world for stories to unfold in

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Finger marks on cave walls are among the earliest Neanderthal art

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Ancient bacteria genome reconstructed from Neanderthal tooth gunk

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Early risers may have inherited faster body clocks from Neanderthals

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Straight-tusked elephant bones hint at routine hunting and butchering by Neanderthals

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Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants that fed 100 people for a month

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A recreation of a Neanderthal man

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Antibiotics encoded in Neanderthal DNA could help us fight infections

A search of the ancient DNA of Neanderthals and Denisovans has revealed coding for extinct bacteria-killing proteins that we could revive to fight infections

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Neanderthal family life revealed by ancient DNA from Siberian cave

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When did humans start making art and were Neanderthals artists too?

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Neanderthals may have cleared a European forest with fire or tools

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Neanderthals may have grown their baby teeth faster than we do

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