{"id":3794,"date":"2026-04-30T01:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/?page_id=3794"},"modified":"2026-04-30T01:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:21:01","slug":"cerebros-dos-neandertais-scans-revelam-surpresa-sobre-sua-inteligencia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/?page_id=3794","title":{"rendered":"Neanderthal brains: Scans reveal surprise about their intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/upload\/1\/sites\/26\/img_41992_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%\"><figcaption>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e0\/Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Wikimedia<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><hr><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\r\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2426638123\" target=\"_blank\">doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2426638123<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/credibilidade_estudo.php?c=41992\">Credibility<\/a>: <font color=\"#00FFFF\">9<\/font><font color=\"#00FF00\">8<\/font><font color=\"#FFFF00\">9<\/font><br><a href='http:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\"s=neanderthal'>#Neanderthal<\/a><\/p><p><\/p><p>\r\n\t<!-- audio --><\/p><p>\r\n<button onclick=\"this.nextElementSibling.play()\" style=\"padding:12px 25px; font-size:18px; border:none; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\">Listen<\/button><audio src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/audios\/41992-eng.mp3\" preload=\"none\"><\/audio><\/p><p>\r\n\t<strong>For a long time, Neanderthals were seen as primitive beings, less intelligent than modern humans<\/strong><\/p><p> This idea arose soon after the discovery of the first fossils in the 19th century, when a German anatomist analyzed a skull found in the Neander Valley, Germany, and described it as being at a low stage of development.<\/p><p>\r\nThis view persisted for more than 150 years, fueling the hypothesis that humans survived because they had superior brains, while Neanderthals eventually became extinct.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nHowever, new international research by anthropologists provides evidence that challenges this prejudice.<\/p><p>\r\nScientists compared brain scans and CT scans of modern populations from the United States and China.<\/p><p>\r\nThe surprising result is that the differences in the volume of brain regions between these current human groups are greater than the differences found between Neanderthal and modern human brains.<\/p><p>\r\nIn other words, the variations between Neanderthals and us are extremely small.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nResearchers explain that if we consider these small differences in Neanderthals as something that significantly affected cognition or evolution, then we would have to apply the same criteria to the variations that exist today between different human populations.<\/p><p>\r\nHowever, the scientific literature shows that brain anatomy has a very weak, or almost nonexistent, relationship with cognitive ability in people today.<\/p><p>\r\nTherefore, rejecting the idea that modern populations differ cognitively in important ways also weakens any argument that Neanderthals were intellectually inferior.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThis discovery comes at a time when other evidence has already been changing our view of these ancient relatives.<\/p><p>\r\nArchaeologists have found clear signs that Neanderthals were more skilled than previously thought: they dived into the sea to collect shells, used tools to make fire, prepared medicinal substances with antibacterial properties, created glues and waterproof materials, sewed clothes, and even produced abstract art.<\/p><p>\r\nMany of these practices emerged among them even before they appeared among modern humans.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nFurthermore, skull analyses suggest they could produce sounds similar to human speech, and recent studies show that their posture was upright, not hunched as previously thought.<\/p><p>\r\nAll this indicates that Neanderthals were not the &#8220;brutal cavemen&#8221; portrayed in old films and books.<\/p><p>\r\nIn fact, they were quite similar to us.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nScientists remind us that skull bones tell only part of the story.<\/p><p>\r\nThe brain is a complex organ, and interpreting only bone structure can lead to errors.<\/p><p>\r\nToday, many experts believe that Neanderthals did not disappear completely: they interbred with modern humans over thousands of years.<\/p><p>\r\nThis is why many people today carry Neanderthal genes in their DNA.<\/p><p>\r\nIn a sense, they continue to live within us.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThis research, published in the journal PNAS, reinforces that underestimating Neanderthals means underestimating our own evolutionary history.<\/p><p>\r\nIn many respects, we are more similar to them than we imagined.<\/p><p>\r\nThe idea that a slightly different brain meant inferiority doesn&#8217;t hold up when we look at the variation that already exists among us, humans today.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nWith advances in technology, such as brain scans and genetic analysis, we are gradually recovering a fairer and more complete picture of these ancient cousins &#8220;&#8221;of ours.<\/p><p>\r\nThey were not inferior beings, but part of a diverse and creative human lineage that contributed to who we are today.<\/p><p>\r\nThis new perspective invites us to reflect on our own intelligence and on how we judge differences that, in the end, may be much smaller than we thought.\r\n<\/p><p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Neanderthal brains: Scans reveal surprise about their intelligence<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Neanderthal'src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Neanderthal<\/a><br><br>For a long time, Neanderthals were seen as primitive beings, less intelligent than modern humans: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o5DGZftLXs\">pic.twitter.com\/o5DGZftLXs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rare Earth (@rareearth0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rareearth0\/status\/2049676018735059134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<hr>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:right\"><em>Published in 04\/30\/2026 01h21<\/em><\/p>\r\n<hr>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/?page_id=26671\">Portuguese version<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n<hr>\r\n\r\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Text adapted by AI (Grok) and translated via Google API in the English version. Images from public image libraries or credits in the caption. Information about DOI, author and institution can be found in the body of the article.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<hr>\r\n\t\t<p>Reference article:<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/brain-scans-reveal-a-surprise-about-neanderthal-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/brain-scans-reveal-a-surprise-about-neanderthal-intelligence<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original study: <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2426638123\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2426638123<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: buttonline;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/rodape_sites.php?arg=41992\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"420px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position: buttonline;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/comentario_navegacao.php?arg=41992\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"500px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position:absolute; width:40%; height:70px; top:-70px; left:0px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/oferta_site_esq.php?arg=41992\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"position:absolute; width:40%; height:70px; top:-70px; right:0px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/oferta_site_dir.php?arg=41992\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"100%;\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/vendedoradesonhos.com.br\/oferta_site_centralus.php\" width=\"100%\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><figcaption>{teste}<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><hr>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3794","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3794\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terrarara.com.br\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}