Thorin — nicknamed after a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — is also called the "last Neanderthal" because he may have lived as recently as 42,000 years ago.

Thorin's community wasn't isolated because of geography. They were isolated because they chose to be, Slimak said. "We're facing a border, a social border," he said.

Thorin posted this video to his YouTube channel on February 5, 2025, with the title "Rekkles Is a Narcissistic Diva and a Terrible Team-Mate."The video, which is over 1 hour and 47 minutes long ...

“The Thorin population spent 50,000 years without exchanging genes with other Neanderthal populations,” Slimak said in a news release. “We thus have 50 millennia during which two Neanderthal ...

“Thorin in the Hobbit is one of the last dwarf kings under the mountain and the last of its lineage,” Slimak told the website IFLScience. “Thorin the Neanderthal is also an end of lineage.

Thorin’s fossil remains were first discovered in 2015 in Grotte Mandrin, a well-studied cave system that also hosted early Homo sapiens, albeit not simultaneously. Based on Thorin’s location within ...

Thorin was buried in the very last layer, which tells us that he’s from the most recent layer and is among the last remaining populations of Neanderthals, says Slimak. This group of Neanderthals ...

After a 5-day break from the internet due to Thorin's video drop, League of Legends Los Ratones star Rekkles has returned and commented on Twitch. Here's a quic ...

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Sharing the name of a legendary dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's classic fantasy novel "The Hobbit," a Neanderthal now known as Thorin wandered the Earth up to 42,000 years ago. Now a new study in the ...