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Looking into a Neanderthal gallery at La Roche-Cotard

An enigmatic “mask” comes from outside a cave filled with Neanderthal markings.

Mar 21 • John Hawks

Did Levallois tools make Neanderthals human?

Evaluating a recent hypothesis from the geneticist David Reich, focusing on range expansion from Africa.

Mar 15 • John Hawks

A look at the Neanderthal deep cave structures from Bruniquel

Ten years after describing the site, new work details ancient access to the cave.

Mar 9 • John Hawks

Genomes from tombs of the Golden Horde, and the Y chromosome of Genghis Khan

Research led by my PhD student looks at the connections of medieval mausoleums in Kazakhstan.

Mar 6 • John Hawks

Matrilineal networks may be the key to understanding Neanderthal mixture

A new study focusing on the X chromosome finds repeated maternal dispersal bias in Neanderthal and modern evolution.

Feb 28 • John Hawks

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