‘Hobbit’ fossils found

Puzzling fossil discovery could reveal why Neanderthals disappeared

This week, uncover why Neanderthals may have disappeared, see an eel escape a predator’s stomach, explore an ancient cataclysmic climate event, and more.

New Scientist on MSN · 4d

Genome of Neanderthal fossil reveals lost tribe cut off for millennia

Analysis of DNA from a Neanderthal fossil found in a French cave indicates that it belonged to a group that was isolated for more than 50,000 years

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 3d

Ancient DNA Reveals Neanderthal Group Was Isolated for 50,000 Years

A new study, based on the remains of a Neanderthal nicknamed Thorin, is shaking up what archaeologists long thought about these early humans in Europe

CNN on MSN · 4d

Cave discovery in France may explain why Neanderthals disappeared, scientists say

The fossilized remains of a Neanderthal discovered in a cave in southern France shed fresh light on why the ancient humans may have disappeared 40,000 years ago.

Science News · 5d

Ancient DNA unveils a previously unknown line of Neandertals

DNA from a partial skeleton found in France indicates that European Neandertals consisted of at least two genetically distinct populations.

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Tiny adult limb bone fossil sheds light on origin of ancient ‘Hobbit’ humans

shedding light on a group of mysterious “Hobbit” humans that lived thousands of years ago. The “astonishingly small” limb, believed to be around 700,000 years old, was found in the island of ...

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Isaac Schultz

Isaac is a science writer for Gizmodo covering space, archaeology, and physics, among other things. Before Gizmodo he was a ...

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