Evolution
Rockshelter Discoveries Show Neandertals Were a Lot like Us
Our much maligned cousins made sophisticated ornaments and probably had language
Davorka Radovčić is curator of the Krapina Neandertal Collection at the Croatian Natural History Museum. Her research focuses on Neandertals, early modern humans and Homo naledi. Credit: Nick Higgins
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