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Neanderthal remains may be earliest human ancestor find killed by a spear (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Dogshit title tbh. Neanderthals were not ancestral to Homo sapiens, we both descended from H heidelbergensis (a particular clade of late H erectus). If they can't even get that right, why are they writing science journalism for the Guardian?

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    • [–] 8 points 3 days ago (6 children)

    Here I am waiting for a root canal. Tooth pain sucks. Maybe it was a mercy killing.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    I heard a rumour saying his brother was jealous and hit him with a goat jawbone. /joke

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