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World’s oldest human fingerprint found — Made by a Neanderthal 43,000 years ago

The ochre fingerprint was found on a granite pebble about 15 centimetres long.
First 'concrete picture' of Neanderthal family revealed by DNA

The sequencing of the first Neanderthal genome in 2010, which won Swedish paleogeneticist Svante Paabo the medicine Nobel prize earlier this month, offered a new way to discover more about our long extinct forerunners.
The week in pictures: Stunning images from around the world

From Spain's 28th Human Tower Competition to the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, here are some compelling images from across the world shot this week.

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World’s oldest human fingerprint found — Made by a Neanderthal 43,000 years ago

First 'concrete picture' of Neanderthal family revealed by DNA

The week in pictures: Stunning images from around the world