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A ‘flower burial’ unearthed in 1960 reshaped the study of Neanderthals. A new discovery calls it into question

By Kate Golembiewski, CNN (CNN) — A grave unearthed in 1960 led researchers to hypothesize that Neanderthals interred their dead with flowers — challenging the prevailing view that the ancient humans were dumb and brutish. Now scientists say a key piece of evidence from the site, which helped shape the study of Neanderthals, might have been

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Video shows murderer who escaped a Pennsylvania prison using same route as another inmate who broke out in May

By Nouran Salahieh and Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — The manhunt continued Wednesday for murderer Danelo Cavalcante, who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison last week by thwarting newly installed razor wire put in place after another inmate briefly broke out a few months ago, authorities said at a Wednesday news conference. Cavalcante, 34, who was

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Nearly 5 decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape in New York, new DNA testing exonerates 72-year-old man

By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five decades after he was wrongfully convicted of rape, a New York judge has overturned the conviction of Leonard Mack following new DNA testing that eliminated him as the perpetrator and identified a different man who has since confessed to the crime, prosecutors announced. Mack, 72, served more

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