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Ancient DNA extracted from a cave in Siberia's Altai Mountains produced one of the most unsettling findings in Neanderthal research not because of what the DNA contained, but because of what it revealed about how these communities were organized around their women.

The female skeletons from this site carry healed fractures concentrated on the head, neck, and europa league upper body an injury pattern researchers note matches rodeo riders. The breeding population of the entire community was estimated at just 10 to 20 individuals. And when scientists separated the maternal and paternal lineages, they told completely different stories. One of those stories connects directly to why the species eventually ran out of time.

Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:04 What Neanderthal female skeletons actually show 03:58 Chagyrskaya Cave 13 individuals from one generation 06:46 A breeding population of 10 to 20: what that number means 09:03 Y chromosome vs. mitochondrial DNA: two completely different histories 12:00 What the female lineages reveal about social structure 15:30 philippa dunne The connection to Neanderthal extinction 18:30 What this means for modern humans today

Drawing on findings from the 2022 landmark study published in Nature on the Chagyrskaya Cave Neanderthal community, alongside skeletal biomechanics research on Neanderthal female remains.

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