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Learn how researchers analyzed Neanderthals’ inner ears to understand their genetic history.

Neanderthals lost genetic diversity around 110,000 years ago. Researchers confirmed this by studying fossilized inner ears.

The scientists identified the bottleneck by analyzing changes in the shape of the Neanderthal inner ear over time. When they analyzed the inner ears of Neanderthal skulls, they discovered that ...

I know there’s probably a lot, but we have an image of a Neanderthal in our heads, but early Homo sapiens also looked a bit different than we look right now as well. So what made us different ...