A new analysis suggests that an older Neanderthal from nearly 50,000 years ago, ended up being deaf and most likely depended on his friends in order to survive, after he had suffered several injuries and other deterioration.
Some Source stories from years past continue to attract new readers. Here, we check in with Washington University in St. Louis researchers in linguistics, psychology, engineering and other disciplines to learn more about their work and how the research has progressed.