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Cracking a Very Cold Case: the Killing of Ötzi the Iceman
A new study of some old pictures reveal what he ate, and perhaps how he died. 02.14.2012
#72: Stone-Age Romeos and Juliets
12.16.2010
The 100 Top Science Stories of 2010
Every year DISCOVER sorts through the scientific accomplishments of the past 12 months, and assembles a list of the coolest experiments, most brilliant discoveries, and most world-changing events. As you page through the countdown to the #1 science story, we think you'll come to the same conclusion we did: 2010 was quite a year. 12.16.2010
#35: Neanderthals Get Personal
Researchers sequence most of their genome and say they probably spoke much like we did. 01.25.2010
Did We Mate With Neanderthals, or Did We Murder Them?
In some places, we ate them. More generally, modern humans' more varied lifestyle may have been the key to the survival. 12.30.2009
#8: Cavemen: They're Just Like Us
Neanderthals were a sophisticated bunch, according to new research. 12.21.2008
Will We Ever Clone a Caveman?
The first complete Neanderthal skeleton shows how our species has evolved. 09.01.2006
Neanderthals Grow Fast, Die Young
07.26.2004
Who Killed the Neanderthals?
04.19.2004
Hand it to the Neanderthals
07.01.2003
Works in Progress
Did we rub out the Neanderthals? Or did we rub off on them? 03.01.2002
Science News
12.01.1999
Learning to Love Neanderthals
Does the 25,000-year-old body of a child found in Portugal make it more likely that they are our ancestors? 08.01.1999
The Year in Science: Human Origins 1997
Not our Mom 01.01.1998
Neanderthal Musical Instruments Included Tusk-Tuba, Bladder-Bagpipe, and "Xylobone"
The Neander Valley was, apparently, alive with the sound of music. 04.01.1997
Neanderthal Noses
03.01.1997
. . . Or Much Like Us?
01.01.1997
Strong Bones, and Thus Dim-witted?
01.01.1997
The Face of an Ancestral Child
The remains of an 11-year-old who lived and died 800,000 years ago have been found in northern Spain, at a place called Atapuerca. The child's people may have been the ancestors of Neanderthals. But the child's face was ours. 12.01.1996
A Breed Apart
01.01.1996
The Neanderthal Peace
For perhaps 50,000 years, two radically different types of human lived side by side in the same small land. And for all those millennia, the two apparently had nothing whatsoever to do with each other. Why in the world not? 09.01.1995
The Slow Crawl Forward
08.01.1995
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