Neanderthals became a distinct population around 450 to 400 thousand years ago (ka). They endured for an astonishing 350.000 years, until we lose sight of them somewhere around 40ka.
They spread across a remarkable swathe of space: they lived from north Wales across to China, and southwards to the fringes of the Arabia's desert.
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Reconsider the complexity of Neanderthal life by seeing them as kindred hominins: curious, creative, adaptable and skilled.
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