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Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility

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Neanderthal-human sex bred light skins and infertility

A handful of sexual encounters between humans and Neanderthals may have left people outside Africa with lighter skins, straight hair and some nasty diseases

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There's no resting place for the human race

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Oldest human genome dug up in Spain's pit of bones

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Oldest human genome dug up in Spain's pit of bones

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Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

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Mystery human species emerges from Denisovan genome

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Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans

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Neanderthal virus DNA spotted hiding in modern humans

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Why string is one of the greatest inventions

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World's oldest string found at French Neanderthal site

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World's oldest string found at French Neanderthal site

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Gene breakthrough shows Neanderthals in new light

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First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

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First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

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Early weaning suggests Neanderthals matured faster

The barium levels in a Neanderthal child's molar indicate its mother stopped breastfeeding at 14 months – more than a year earlier than modern humans

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Neanderthals may have swapped social lives for big eyes

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Bunnies implicated in the demise of Neanderthals

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All work and no play: Why Neanderthals were no Picasso

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First stone-tipped spear thrown earlier than thought

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