Neanderthal remains may be earliest human ancestor find killed by a spear

Adult excavated in an Iraqi Kurdistan cave died more than 70,000 years ago and bears ‘kill shot’ shoulder wound

gh0stcassette 12 points 14 hours ago

Dogshit title tbh. Neanderthals were not ancestral to Homo sapiens, we both descended from H heidelbergensis (a particular clade of late H erectus). If they can't even get that right, why are they writing science journalism for the Guardian?

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FiniteBanjo 9 points 14 hours ago

I think it's universally accepted that crossbreeding between the two was likely, that most if not all humans carry some small amount of Neanderthal DNA.

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lemmie689 8 points 17 hours ago

Here I am waiting for a root canal. Tooth pain sucks. Maybe it was a mercy killing.

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cattywampas 5 points 16 hours ago

"But we lived for thousands of generations without fluoride and we were just fine."

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FiniteBanjo 4 points 14 hours ago

I heard a rumour saying his brother was jealous and hit him with a goat jawbone. /joke