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Since the Western world first became aware of Neanderthals, this Pleistocene human has been a regular focus of both public and specialist interest. In fact, we know far more about Neanderthals than we do about any other extinct human. Further, over the past 150 years no other palaeospecies has provided such a constant source of discussion and fierce debate among palaeoanthropologists (human paleontologists) and archaeologists.
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Weniger, GC. (2011). Epilogue: 150 Years of Neanderthal Research – A Hopeless Situation but Not Serious. In: Condemi, S., Weniger, GC. (eds) Continuity and Discontinuity in the Peopling of Europe. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0492-3_27
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