The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as ...

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The findings are “exciting,” according to Ludovic Slimak, an archaeologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, France.

Ludovic Slimak, 51, is a paleoanthropologist at the French National Center for Scientific Research and the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail. In his latest book, The Naked Neanderthal: A New ...

Ludovic Slimak, photographed in 2022, poses with the milk tooth of both a homo sapien and a neanderthal. To confirm his suspicions about Thorin’s age and attempt to glean more information about ...

When archaeologist Ludovic Slimak unearthed five teeth in a rock shelter in France’s Rhône Valley in 2015, it was immediately obvious that they belonged to a Neanderthal, the first intact ...

Ludovic Slimak, photographed in 2022, poses with the milk tooth of both a homo sapien and a neanderthal MATTHIEU RONDEL - Getty Images. To confirm his suspicions about Thorin’s age and attempt ...

When archaeologist Ludovic Slimak unearthed five teeth in a rock shelter in France’s Rhône Valley in 2015, it was immediately obvious that they belonged to a Neanderthal, the first intact ...

By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — When archaeologist Ludovic Slimak unearthed five teeth in a rock shelter in France’s Rhône Valley in 2015, it was ...

When archaeologist Ludovic Slimak unearthed five teeth in a rock shelter in France’s Rhône Valley in 2015, it was immediately obvious that they belonged to a Neanderthal, the first intact ...