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Neanderthals Hunted Straight-Tusked Elephants 125,000 Years Ago
Straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) were the largest terrestrial mammals of the Pleistocene epoch, present in Europe and western Asia between 800,000 and 100,000 years ago. ... Read More
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Neanderthals hunted, butchered massive elephants: study
Neanderthals hunted and butchered huge elephants, according to a new study. This photo shows deep cut marks on the heel bone of a male elephant. ... Read More
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World’s Oldest Art Was Created by Neanderthals, Researcher Says
Neanderthal art was perhaps more abstract than the stereotypical figure and animal cave paintings Homo sapiens made after Neanderthals disappeared about 30,000 years ago. But ... Read More
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Neanderthals are not the only species whose dentition is characterized by the possession of thin enamel
Three of the seven premolars belonging to Homo antecessor analyzed in this study. Credit: Laura MartÃn-Francés The Dental Anthropology Group of the Centro Nacional de ... Read More