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Forearm bone fragments belonging to an ancient child (Joao Zilhao/AP)

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Scientists date remains of child that resembles both humans and Neanderthals

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered, because it carries features from both humans and Neanderthals.

<p>Humans may have inherited nose shape gene from Neanderthals, study suggests. Image: Kaustubh Adhikari/UCL</p>

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Richard Collins: Nose shape gene inherited from Neanderthals

<p>An artist’s impression of a Neanderthal father and his daughter (Tom Bjorklund/Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)</p>

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Neanderthal women ‘left home to be with their partners while men stayed put’

'Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story' exhibition

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Neanderthal thumbs better adapted to holding tools with handles, study finds

Did ear and chest infections wipe out our neanderthal ancestors?

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Did ear and chest infections wipe out our neanderthal ancestors?

Neanderthal DNA discovery

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Neanderthal DNA discovery