12.27.08
Good year for Neanderthals
2008: A good year for Neanderthals
by New Scientist
Reposted from: Dawkins site
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16329-2008-a-good-year-for-neanderthals.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news
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.