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The ascent of us

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The ascent of us




Jean-Jacques Hublin.Photo by Kris Snibbe ©





Clea Simon

Harvard Correspondent




April 1, 2026


5 min read




Anthropologist traces split between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, other human forms






The triumph of Homo sapiens over Neanderthals, a huge step in human evolution, was not the clearcut event that paleontologists have long believed.



More likely, it was the result

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