Homo neanderthalensis

Also known as Neanderthals

specie di animali della famiglia Hominidae

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Neanderthals were an extinct group of early humans who lived in Europe and parts of Asia during the Middle to Late Pleistocene period until roughly 40,000 years ago, when they disappeared around the time modern humans arrived in their territories. They matter because studying them helps us understand human evolution and what happened when our species encountered and potentially interacted with other human groups, though some Neanderthal populations in Gibraltar may have survived several thousand years longer than others.

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Research

2,097 papers

The contribution of Neanderthal introgression to modern human traits.Current biology : CB · 2022
Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus.Nature · 2017
The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains.Nature · 2014
Reconstructing Neanderthal diet: The case for carbohydrates.Journal of human evolution · 2022
Svante Pääbo, reader of the Neanderthal genome.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2023

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: archaic humans
Parent taxon: Homo
Named after: Neandertal
Image: Homo sapiens neanderthalensis.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Neanderthals
start time: 248050-00-
taxon rank: species
Commons category: Homo neanderthalensis
taxon name: Homo neanderthalensis
end time: 38050-00-0
taxonomic type: Neanderthal 1
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
short name: H. neanderthalensis
taxon common name: Neanderthaler
time period: Pleistocene

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Article · Italiano

Homo neanderthalensis, King, 1864, comunemente detto uomo di Neandertal, è un ominide strettamente affine all'Homo sapiens che visse nel periodo paleolitico medio, compreso tra i 200 000 e i 40 000 anni fa. Prende il nome dalla valle di Neander (Neandertal) presso Düsseldorf in Germania, dove vennero ritrovati i primi resti fossili. Fu un "Homo" molto evoluto, in possesso di tecnologie litiche elevate e dal comportamento sociale piuttosto avanzato, al pari dei sapiens di diversi periodi paleolitici. Convissuto nell'ultimo periodo della sua esistenza con lo stesso Homo sapiens, l'Homo neanderthalensis scomparve in un tempo relativamente breve, evento che costituisce un enigma scientifico oggi attivamente studiato.

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