Discoveries at Gruta da Oliveira challenge longstanding notions of Neanderthals as primitive. They reveal a sophisticated culture and shared genetic history with modern humans, prompting reevaluation of their classification as a distinct species.
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A comparison between the UK's Boxgrove fossils and the Sima de Los Huesos in Spain has led to new understandings of the links between some of Europe's earliest humans.