The Year in Neanderthals.
They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins continued to make news.
More than a dozen high-profile scientific studies explored all sorts of aspects of their existence, from their love lives (they probably kissed Homo sapiens) to potential flaws in their red blood cells that may have hastened their decline.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/science/archaeology-neanderthals-genetics.html #globalmuseum #Neanderthals
