While some studies of the dental tartar of individuals from the Iberian Peninsula appear to show that they were major consumers of plants, other research carried out at sites outside Iberia seem to suggest that they consumed almost nothing but meat.
Neanderthal ancestry was found slightly more: 3.4-3.8 percent in the Bacho Kiro individuals' genes compared to the modern non-Africans genes that usually carry about 2 percent.
Homo sapiens (modern man) are considered to be a distinct species that first appeared in the African continent, from which…
Neanderthals may have survived at least 3,000 years longer than thought in what is now Spain – much after the…
Long before modern humans moved out of Africa and spread out in the rest of the world, a mysterious human…
Neanderthals may have used toothpicks and other tools for dental care as far back as 130,000 years ago, say scientists…
Neanderthals had a good knowledge about the medicinal properties of plants and used primitive versions of aspirin and penicillin to…
