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Article: MOST POPULAR NEANDERTHAL DISCOVERIES OF 2008
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- The Hindustan Times
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- December 25, 2008
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London, Dec. 25 -- (ANI): New Scientist has outlined the most popular Neanderthal discoveries of the year 2008.
They are: Genome secrets revealed: A team in Germany is has released early details of rough draft of the nuclear genome from a Neanderthal found in Croatia. Early indications are that he and his ancestors did not share a bed with humans. The completed work should be announced in weeks. Big nose strikes again: Neanderthals' large schnozzles have puzzled anthropologists for more than a century. New research suggests that their big noses are due to an evolutionary throw of the dice. Our brainy cousins: ...