'News reports tweaked the science to speak to contemporary anxieties': How Neanderthal extinction is a projection of our own, modern fears

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In this excerpt from "Neanderthals Among Us," author Peter Sahlins looks at the way Neanderthal extinction theories are often engrained with our own societal fears.

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  • Reported by Live Science and published Sun, 11 Oct 2026 11:00:00 UTC.

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  1. Neanderthals may have used prehistoric glue as an ancient antibiotic

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