Forget the "stupid caveman" myth. 🧠 Neanderthals were highly intelligent ancient chemists who invented the world's first superglue and crafted deadly weapons. So, why did they disappear? The truth is... they didn't. You might be carrying up to 2% of their DNA right now!
NEW YORK — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don't know much about who got with whom, or why.
This Friday, March 20, 2009, photo shows reconstructions of a Neanderthal man, left, and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany.
People visit the exhibits inside the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins, including this Neanderthal skeleton display, July 20, 2023, at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington.
A reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton, right, and a modern human version of a skeleton, left, are on display at the Museum of Natural History on Jan. 8, 2003, in New York.
A reconstructed Neanderthal skeleton, right, and a modern human version of a skeleton, left, are on display at the Museum of Natural History on Jan. 8, 2003, in New York.
People visit the exhibits inside the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins, including this Neanderthal skeleton display, July 20, 2023, at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington.
