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Archaeology News :verified:Denisovan and Neanderthal DNA helped the first Americans survive, study findsThe first people to set foot in the Americas crossed with them not only stone technology and survival skills across the icy expanse of the Bering Strait. Along with these, a new study published in Science indicates that they also carried a genetic legacy inherited from two extinct relatives...More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/denisovan-dna-helped-the-first-americans/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/denisovan-dna-helped-the-first-americans/</a>Follow <a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@archaeology</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Denisovans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Denisovans</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a>

Archaeology News :verified:Genetic mutation in key enzyme may explain why humans survived while Neanderthals went extinct A minor genetic difference in one of the enzymes may have helped separate modern humans from Neanderthals and Denisovans, our closest extinct relatives, and may have even contributed to the fact that Homo sapiens thrived while the others became extinct..More info: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/why-humans-survived-while-neanderthals-went-extinct/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/why-humans-survived-while-neanderthals-went-extinct/</a>Follow <a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/homosapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homosapiens</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Denisovans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Denisovans</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neanderthal</a>

Armin HamidianGene That Differs Between Humans and Neanderthals Could Shed Light On The Species Disappearance Mouse Study Suggests  – Online Marketing Scoops <a href="https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2025/08/28/neanderthals-gene-study/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2025/08/28/neanderthals-gene-study/</a> . <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#human</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neanderthals</a>

Radical AnthropologyFunerary practice of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Iberian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iberian</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a><a href="https://cenieh.es/en/press/news/traces-neanderthal-funerary-behaviors-unearthed-iberian-peninsula" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cenieh.es/en/press/news/traces-neanderthal-funerary-behaviors-unearthed-iberian-peninsula</a>

Cosmic LibrarianDenisovan and Neanderthal DNA helped the first Americans survive, study findsThe first people to set foot in the Americas crossed with them not only stone technology and survival skills across the icy expanse of the Bering Strait. Along with these, a new study published in Science indicates that they also carried a genetic legacy inherited from two extinct relatives—Neanderthals and Denisovans—that could have helped them survive in a new and unfamiliar environment. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Denisovans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Denisovans</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genetics</a> # <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/denisovan-dna-helped-the-first-americans/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archaeologymag.com/2025/08/denisovan-dna-helped-the-first-americans/</a>

Lydia SchochThere are ghost stories about many different places on Earth. I find it interesting that the vast majority of those ghost stories are no more than a few hundred years old.There are no ghosts that I’m aware of who are from the Bronze Age or who were once Neanderthals or dinosaurs. The lore should be updated to explain why this is so. Do ghosts get bored of haunting a place after a while? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ghosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ghosts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Folklore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a>

Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇬🇱☮🕊️An incredible <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Denisovan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Denisovan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/skull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#skull</a> is upending the story of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#human</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evolution</a>Now it turns out they, not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a>, might be our closest relatives<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2492337-an-incredible-denisovan-skull-is-upending-the-story-of-human-evolution/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2492337-an-incredible-denisovan-skull-is-upending-the-story-of-human-evolution/</a>

Radical AnthropologyExamining Middle to Upper <a href="https://c.im/tags/Palaeolithic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeolithic</a> in Caucasus regions, including possible interactions of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Homosapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homosapiens</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125003762" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379125003762</a>

Radical AnthropologyNice primer here with Chris Stringer and a bunch of skulls on the later <a href="https://c.im/tags/Homo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homo</a> lineages, and the question of the common ancestor of us, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Denisovans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Denisovans</a><a href="https://youtu.be/MA1cHPJPZfM?si=uFINCz3wnq00yGda" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/MA1cHPJPZfM?si=uFINCz3wnq00yGda</a>

Radical Anthropology<a href="https://c.im/tags/RobertoSaez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RobertoSaez</a> on the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Skhul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Skhul</a> 1 child (3-5 yrs old girl), c.140 Ka, considered as a hybrid of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hsapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hsapiens</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a>. <a href="https://c.im/tags/fosdils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fosdils</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/palaeoanthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palaeoanthropology</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="https://nutcrackerman.com/2025/07/23/skhul-1-un-craneo-infantil-con-indicios-de-hibridacion/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nutcrackerman.com/2025/07/23/skhul-1-un-craneo-infantil-con-indicios-de-hibridacion/</a>

Archaeology News :verified:Neanderthals ate maggots and fermented meat, not just fresh meat, challenging hypercarnivore theoryFor generations, scientists believed Neanderthals were high-order carnivores, subsisting on large game. Their fossilized bones indicated they had high levels of nitrogen-15, a chemical marker of diets rich in meat, even greater than those of lions and wolves. But a recent study brings something surprising...More info: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/neanderthals-ate-maggots-and-fermented-meat/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/neanderthals-ate-maggots-and-fermented-meat/</a>Follow <a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@archaeology</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neanderthals</a>

Europe6th excavation season launched at Qal-e Kord cave, one of oldest human settlements in IranTEHRAN – The sixth season of archaeological excavations at Qal-e Kord cave in the Avaj county of Iran’s… <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conflicts</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Avaj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Avaj</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/caveIran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#caveIran</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/HamedVahdatinasab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HamedVahdatinasab</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iran</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MiladHashemiSarvandi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiladHashemiSarvandi</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Qal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qal</a>-eKord <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Qazvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qazvin</a> <a href="https://www.europesays.com/2318086/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2318086/</a>

Conflicts6th excavation season launched at Qal-e Kord cave, one of oldest human settlements in IranTEHRAN – The sixth season of archaeological excavations at Qal-e Kord cave in the Avaj county of Iran’s… <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conflict</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conflicts</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#War</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Avaj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Avaj</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/caveIran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#caveIran</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HamedVahdatinasab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HamedVahdatinasab</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Iran</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MiladHashemiSarvandi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiladHashemiSarvandi</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Qal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qal</a>-eKord <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Qazvin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qazvin</a> <a href="https://www.europesays.com/2318086/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/2318086/</a>

Father Enoch<a href="https://ohai.social/@MeanwhileinCanada" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@MeanwhileinCanada</a> Objection, this is libellous against <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/primates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#primates</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#neanderthals</a>, et al...

Archaeology News :verified:Neanderthal genes linked to rare brain-skull disorder, study finds A recent study shows that Neanderthal DNA from ancient times can cause a neurological condition known as Chiari Malformation Type I (CM-I), where a part of the brain protrudes through the base of the skull into the spinal canal...More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/neanderthal-genes-linked-to-brain-skull-disorder/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archaeologymag.com/2025/07/neanderthal-genes-linked-to-brain-skull-disorder/</a>Follow <a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archeology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeologynews</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chiarimalformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chiarimalformation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/humanevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humanevolution</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/homosapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homosapiens</a>

Radical AnthropologyThis looks like it's along the right lines, but I'm not certain I'd agree about these differences between us and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Denisovans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Denisovans</a>. That may be more to do with demographics. Sarah Hrdy, the originator of cooperative childcare/aka babysitting as the basis for mutual mind reading, would put it back to H erectus, and there are strong reasons for that constraint. So in itself that is not an account for <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hsapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hsapiens</a> (as against Neanderthals). The idea that huge-brained Denisovans were not doing a lot of the same damn things -- looking after incredibly costly children -- is pretty questionable.Our own Chris Knight and Jerome Lewis are shortly going to publish a book with a lot of answers to the puzzle of <a href="https://c.im/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a>: 'The First Word was No'.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/06/the-origin-of-language-by-madeleine-beekman-review-the-suprising-history-of-speech?CMP=bsky_gu&utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium#Echobox=1754476081" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/06/the-origin-of-language-by-madeleine-beekman-review-the-suprising-history-of-speech?CMP=bsky_gu&utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium#Echobox=1754476081</a>

🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a> may have eaten maggots from rotting meat according to the unusually high nitrogen levels in their bones.<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/neanderthals-ate-maggot-filled-meat-on-purpose-heres-why/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.vice.com/en/article/neanderthals-ate-maggot-filled-meat-on-purpose-heres-why/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#food</a>

nemo™ 🇺🇦🦴🍖 New research reveals Neanderthals didn’t just feast on fresh meat—they likely ate fermented meat with maggots! These nutrient-rich larvae could explain the mysterious nitrogen signatures in their bones, reshaping our view of their diet and survival strategies. 🪱🔬 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AncientDiet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AncientDiet</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PaleoLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoLife</a> <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/fermented-meat-with-a-side-of-maggots-a-new-look-at-the-neanderthal-diet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/fermented-meat-with-a-side-of-maggots-a-new-look-at-the-neanderthal-diet/</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/newz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newz</a>

Eat This PodcastEat This Newsletter 277Given the latest scientific research, it is only a matter of time before some valiant entrepreneur offers freeze-dried maggots as a supplement to gullible eat-like-a- Neanderthal knuckleheads.All that and more in the latest edition at<a href="https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-277-empty-calories/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buttondown.com/jeremycherfas/archive/etn-277-empty-calories/</a><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newsletter</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a>

Science | The GuardianNeanderthals were not ‘hypercarnivores’ and feasted on maggots, scientists say <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/25/neanderthals-feasted-maggots-science-nutrition" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/25/neanderthals-feasted-maggots-science-nutrition</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neanderthals</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Anthropology</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archaeology</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Evolution</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biology</a>

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