https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/2139528/neanderthals-practiced-light-cannibalism-40-000-years-ago-new-theory
Nov 27, 2025 - Study of 40,000-year-old bones reveals evidence that show 'outsiders' were not always treated well
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https://nautil.us/these-neanderthals-may-have-eaten-their-enemies-1249386/
Nov 25, 2025 - These Neanderthals May Have Eaten Their Enemies: Neanderthals appear to have feasted on their own species.
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/neanderthals-extinction-homo-sapiens
Oct 17, 2025 - The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big clues to the causes of their...
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https://www.popsci.com/science/neanderthal-cannibals/
Nov 24, 2025 - Evidence from a prehistoric cave system indicates non-ritualistic cannibalism of Neanderthal women and children.
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https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250821094434.htm
Scientists have uncovered the world s earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens features: a five-year-old child from Israel s Skhul Cave dating...
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https://magazine.unibo.it/en/articles/the-last-common-ancestor-of-homo-sapiens-neanderthals-and-denisovans?set_language=en
Some fossil remains discovered near Casablanca, dating back to around 773,000 years ago, may belong to an African population that lies at the base of the...
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/world/oldest-yarn-neanderthals-scn
Apr 9, 2020 - Archeologists say they have found the world’s oldest piece of yarn or cord, making it the earliest known evidence of textile and cord making. It was made by...
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2511153-the-hunt-for-where-the-last-neanderthals-lived/
Clues from studies of ancient plants and animals have helped archaeologists pin down where the last Neanderthals found refuge, says columnist Michael Marshall
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/neanderthals-cannibalized-outsider-women-and-children-45-000-years-ago-at-cave-in-belgium
Nov 24, 2025 - Fragmented Neanderthal bones discovered in a cave in Belgium show that one group cannibalized the women and children of another group.
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https://gizmodo.com/new-evidence-suggests-neanderthals-cannibalized-outsider-women-and-children-2000691018
Nov 28, 2025 - Human remains found inside a Belgian cave tell a grisly story of selective cannibalism among our hominid cousins.
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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/weird-news/gruesome-cave-discovery-shows-neanderthals-36317222
Nov 27, 2025 - Study of 40,000-year-old bones from women and children show signs of butchery
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https://theconversation.com/neanderthals-likely-ate-fermented-meat-with-a-side-of-maggots-261628
New research highlights the prevalence of maggots as an easily obtained, nutrient-rich supplement of ancient hominin diets.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/10-things-we-learned-about-neanderthals-in-2025
Dec 30, 2025 - Findings about our extinct relatives, the Neanderthals, continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025.
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https://video.cptv.org/video/did-homo-sapiens-and-neanderthals-interbreed-yaeoto/
Ancient bones reveal that early Homo sapiens and Neanderthals didn’t just coexist.
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https://www.Princeton.EDU/news/2024/07/12/history-contact-princeton-geneticists-are-rewriting-narrative-neanderthals-and
Modern humans and Neanderthals interacted over a 200,000-year period, says geneticist Joshua Akey.
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https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/69180/1/extinct-40-000-year-old-neanderthals-teach-being-human-grimes-ludovic-slimak
From Grimes’ ‘Artificial Angels’ video to ill-advised beauty trends, humans have Neanderthals on the brain – here, we consult expert archaeologists to...
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https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0kytlx7/how-sex-with-neanderthals-changed-us-forever
We find out what we gained when Homo sapiens mated with Homo neanderthalensis many thousands of years ago.
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https://www.themirror.com/news/weird-news/neanderthals-were-light-cannibals-who-1530480
Nov 27, 2025 - Chilling new study suggests it was a brutal time to be an 'outsider' 40,000 years ago
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https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Neanderthals_%27knew_what_they_were_doing%27:_Arch%C3%A6ologist_Dr_Naomi_Martisius_discusses_her_findings_about_Neanderthals%27_behaviour_with_Wikinews
May 23, 2020
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/weve-got-a-fossil-closer-to-our-split-with-neanderthals-and-denisovans/
Jan 7, 2026 - A recent study suggests that North Africa may be a key place to look.
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https://www.vox.com/unexplainable/389768/neanderthal-science-was-wrong
Dec 8, 2024 - Historically, our stories about Neanderthals have revealed a lot more about ourselves than about the group of early humans.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals/research-group-claims-preeclampsia-doomed-the-neanderthals-but-experts-say-its-just-a-thought-experiment
Feb 18, 2026 - Preeclampsia, a complication of pregnancy that involves high blood pressure, could have led to a decline in Neanderthals' fertility, a new study suggests.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-modern-humans-wipe-out-the-neanderthals-new-evidence-may-finally-provide-answers
Feb 13, 2026 - A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.
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https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/neanderthals-could-be-brought-back-within-20-years-but-is-it-a-good-idea
With today's technology, we cannot bring back Neanderthals. But even if future advances allow it, should we?
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