Anthropology.net22h ago
New research reads 125,000-year-old elephant molars like travel diaries—strontium isotopes show some Neanderthal-hunted giants roamed up to 300 km before arriving at a German lake site. #Neanderthals #Paleoanthropology #Pleistocene https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-elephant-teeth-tell-us-about
What Elephant Teeth Tell Us About Neanderthal Hunters

Strontium isotopes in 125,000-year-old molars reveal the surprisingly distant origins of the giant prey Neanderthals hunted at a German lakeside site

Anthropology.net
MONREPOS1d ago

🔥New paper out now in Science Advances🔥

News from the straight-tusked elephants from Neumark-Nord!

An international team has uncovered spectacular insights into life histories of some elephants by analysing their tooth enamel.

The study is the latest in a series of ongoing scientific analyses of artefacts from the former Neumark-Nord opencast lignite mine.

Read now 👇
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adz0114

#palaeolithic #paleolithic #archaeology #Neanderthals #elephants

Hacker NewsMar 2

What Your DNA Reveals about the Sex Life of Neanderthals

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/science/human-evolution-neanderthal-sex.html

#HackerNews #DNA #Neanderthals #sexlife #human #evolution #science

What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there.

The New York Times
The Daily PerspectiveMar 1

Neanderthal Genomes Reveal Ancient Mating Preferences

#Neanderthals #HumanEvolution #AncientDNA #Genetics #Science #AusNews

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-01-neanderthal-genomes-reveal-ancient-mating-preferences-ca844bf9

Neanderthal Genomes Reveal Ancient Mating Preferences

University of Pennsylvania researchers find Neanderthal X chromosomes carry excess modern human DNA, pointing to sustained mating preferences across ancient populations.

The Daily Perspective
TVXS - TV Χωρίς Σύνορα | ανεξάρτητη ενημέρωσηFeb 27

Άνδρες Neanderthal και γυναίκες Homo Sapiens / Νέα μελέτη ανατρέπει όσα γνωρίζαμε για τις πρώτες ερωτικές επαφές τους

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tvxs.gr/news/sci-tech/andres-neanderthal-kai-gynaikes-homo-sapiens-nea-meleti-anatrepei-osa-gnorizame-gia-tis-protes-erotikes-epafes-toys/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=andres-neanderthal-kai-gynaikes-homo-sapiens-nea-meleti-anatrepei-osa-gnorizame-gia-tis-protes-erotikes-epafes-toys

Anthropology.netFeb 27
A new study flips what we thought we knew about Neanderthal-human interbreeding. It wasn’t random, and it wasn’t balanced. The X chromosome tells a strange, specific story. #HumanEvolution #Neanderthals #Paleogenomics https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-x-chromosome-that-rewrote-what
The X Chromosome That Rewrote What We Know About Neanderthal Sex

A new study finds the interbreeding between our species was not random — and the pattern written into ancient DNA is strange enough to demand explanation.

Anthropology.net
Ars Technica NewsFeb 26
Neanderthals seemed to have a thing for modern human women https://arstechni.ca/4amb #humanevolution #Neanderthals #evolution #Genomics #Science #Biology
Neanderthals seemed to have a thing for modern human women

Neanderthal deserts" in our genomes suggest a strong pattern in matings.

Ars Technica
TrèsFlukeFeb 26

"There’s less Neanderthal DNA on humans’ X chromosome than there is on most other chromosomes today. There were other theories as to why that might be, including the possibility that there was some evolutionary disadvantage to the Neanderthal X chromosome in humans."

#neanderthals

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/male-neanderthals-and-human-females-likely-interbred-more-often-than-the/

Male Neanderthals and female humans likely interbred more often than the other way around

Interbreeding between Neanderthals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neanderthals and female humans, a new study suggests

Scientific American
Science | The GuardianFeb 26
Research suggests mating direction bias between Neanderthals and humans https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/26/male-neanderthals-human-females-mating-research-dna-genetics #Neanderthals #Anthropology #Genetics #Science #Evolution #Biology
Research suggests mating direction bias between Neanderthals and humans

Scientists say DNA evidence indicates male Neanderthals and human females interbred more often than opposite

The Guardian
Anthropology.netFeb 20
A 2026 study proposes that Neanderthals may have lacked a key protective mechanism against preeclampsia, quietly eroding their reproductive success long before they disappeared. Small populations, close kinship, and a dangerous placenta. #Neanderthals #HumanEvolution #Paleoanthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/neanderthal-extinction-and-the-preeclampsia
Neanderthal Extinction and the Preeclampsia Hypothesis

A new study argues that a failure in pregnancy biology may have quietly eroded Neanderthal populations from within.

Anthropology.net