Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A man dressed in a Neanderthal costume demands for the referendum on Austrian education policy (Volksbegehren Bildungsinitiative) before the beginning of the civil servants' union general assembly in Vienna November 8, 2011. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION CIVIL UNREST)
The bones of a Neanderthal man's skeleton, found during ...
Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:50:10 +0200 (AFP/DDP/File) - The bones of a Neanderthal man's skeleton, found during several excavations. A swell of modern humans outnumbered Neanderthals in Europe by nearly 10 to one, forcing their extinction 40,000 years ago, suggested a study of French archaeology sites on Thursday.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Latz)
A Neanderthal ancestor's reconstruction. Neanderthal remains ...
Fri, 13 May 2011 01:50:14 +0200 (AFP/File) - A Neanderthal ancestor's reconstruction. Neanderthal remains dating back 31,000 years -- over 6,000 years after man's prehistoric cousin was presumed to have disappeared -- have been unearthed in Russia near the Artic Circle, according to a study in the journal Science.(AFP/File/Patrick Bernard)
A pair of Homo Neanderthalensis skulls are seen on display at ...
Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:30:17 +0100 (AFP/File) - A pair of Homo Neanderthalensis skulls are seen on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC in 2010. Some defining human traits -- a penis bereft of the stiff sensory hairs common to many male mammals, a bulging brain -- come less from new genes than genetic material lost through evolution, according to a study published Thursday.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)
A Neanderthal man ancestor's reconstruction. Dying young ...
Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:20:14 +0100 (AFP/File) - A Neanderthal man ancestor's reconstruction. Dying young was not likely the reason Neanderthals went extinct, said a study out Monday that suggests early modern humans had about the same life expectancy as their hairier, ancient cousins.(AFP/File/Patrick Bernard)
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