2008: A good year for Neanderthals

By NEW SCIENTIST
Added: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 UTC

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For a species that went extinct more than 25,000 years ago, 2008 has been a hell of a year for Neanderthals. The ancient humans got their first complete mitochondrial genome sequence, their stone tools turned out every bit as efficient as ours, and we even heard them speak.

Here are some of our favourite Neanderthal discoveries of 2008.

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