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• Ancient DNA From Stajnia Cave Reveals Genetic Portrait of 100,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Community

  Published: Apr 22, 2026

  Section: Research

  International researchers have reconstructed the mitochondrial genomes of at least seven Neanderthals who inhabited a single site in present-day Poland. The findings uncover a shar...

• Neanderthals Hunted Massive Straight-Tusked Elephants with Strategic Precision in Interglacial Germany 125,000 Years Ago

  Published: Mar 27, 2026

  Section: Research

  A comprehensive re-analysis of the 1948 Lehringen discovery by the University of Göttingen confirms that Neanderthals successfully hunted and butchered the era's largest land mamma...

• Neanderthal Medicinal Practices May Have Included Use of Birch Tar as an Antibiotic According to New Experimental Study

  Published: Mar 18, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  Researchers at the University of Cologne and the University of Oxford have confirmed that birch tar, a substance commonly found at Neanderthal sites, possesses significant antibact...