The Washington Post provides a nice summary of modern views on Neanderthals (as capable and cultured, rather than brutish) via a mini profile of Svante Paabo. Paabo is the director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, and his lab has spearheaded research on Neanderthal genetics/genomics. Primary papers discussed include the original Neanderthal genome papers and an article from last year suggesting that admixture might have impacted fertility in males.
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