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Thorin — nicknamed after a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — is also called the "last Neanderthal" because he may ...

One of the "last" Neanderthal individuals has been found in a cave in France, revealing a previously unknown lineage.

Sharing the name of a legendary dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel "The Hobbit," a Neanderthal now known as ...

Researchers uncover the DNA of Neanderthal "Thorin," revealing genetic isolation and inbreeding within his group.

The fossilized remains of a Neanderthal discovered in a cave in southern France shed fresh light on why the ancient humans may have disappeared 40,000 years ago.

This makes him a late Neanderthal or a group that was living up towards the last Ice Age and between 39,000 and 47,000 years ago. The genomicists on the team then extracted DNA from Thorin’s ...

R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — has sometimes been called the "last Neanderthal" because he may have lived as recently as 42,000 years ago, close to when our closest human relatives disappeared.

R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — has sometimes been called the "last Neanderthal" because he may have lived as recently as 42,000 years ago, close to when our closest human relatives disappeared.

“The genetics was sure the Neanderthal we called Thorin was 105,000 ... it contributed to the demise of the last Neanderthals, since their already small populations were losing reproductive ...

R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — has sometimes been called the "last Neanderthal" because he may have lived as recently as 42,000 years ago, close to when our closest human relatives disappeared.