Imagine a cave somewhere in Ice Age Eurasia. A fire smolders low, smoke curling upward into the darkness. A group of Neanderthals huddles close, trading stories, sharpening tools. Suddenly, a stranger appears — stockier, broader-jawed, carrying something unfamiliar: a greenstone bead, maybe, or a tool chipped in a style just slightly different. What happens next?Continue reading “The Cultural Remix: Neanderthals and Denisovans in Conversation”