Craniofacial changes after 80,000 years ago may reflect increased social tolerance
Did technology boom result from reduced male aggression?
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Articles about the cognitive abilities of Neanderthals, early Homo sapiens, and other early hominins.
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Chimpanzee gestures decoded
Study may throw light on origins of human language.
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Rice versus wheat agriculture could explain cultural differences within China
Greater interdependency found in rice-growing regions.
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How to think like a Neandertal, by Thomas Wynn and Frederick Coolidge (2011)
The term ‘Neanderthal’ is all too often used in a pejorative sense, and there is a widespread perception of the Neanderthals as dimwits.
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Review finds no evidence for Neanderthal ‘inferiority’
Archaeological record of Neanderthals was not dissimilar to that of contemporary modern humans.
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Study suggests Neanderthals could speak like modern humans
Kebara 2 hyoid bone suggests similar linguistic abilities.
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Projectile weapons invented by pre-modern humans
Study suggests Ethiopian Rift stone points were used as hafted javelin tips almost 280,000 years ago.
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Did Neanderthals invent tool used by present-day leather-workers?
Specialist bone tool predates arrival of Homo sapiens in Europe.
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Did Lucy use stone tools?
Evidence from Dikika, Ethiopia.
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The Singing Neanderthals, by Steven Mithen (2005)
The underappreciated role of music in the development of language.
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Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language, by Robin Dunbar (1996)
How human language may have evolved from the social lives of our primate ancestors.
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The Prehistory of the Mind, by Steven Mithen (1996)
The brain as a cathedral.