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DNA Reveals Neanderthal Redheads
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Harvard Gazette ^ | 2007 | Steve Bradt
"With Neanderthals’ surviving bones providing few clues, scientists have long sought to flesh out the appearance of this hominid species found across Eurasia some 28,000 to 400,000 years ago. While anthropologists had predicted that Neanderthals might have had pale skin or red hair, the new work by Römpler and colleagues offers the first strong evidence to support this hunch."

Ancient DNA Reveals Neandertals With Red Hair, Fair Complexions
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Science Magazine ^ | 2007-10-26 | Elizabeth Culotta
"The researchers conclude that at least some Neandertals had pale skin and red hair, similar to some of the Homo sapiens who today inhabit their European homeland."

Neanderthals Roamed As Far As Siberia
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New Scientist ^ | 9-30-2007 | Roxanne Khamsi
"Researchers say the genetic sequence of an adolescent Neanderthal found in southern Siberia closely matches that of Neanderthals found in western Europe, suggesting that this close relative of modern humans migrated very long distances."

Siberian Graveyard's Secret (More Redheads)
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International Herald Tribune ^ | 1-8-2003
"In a medieval Siberian graveyard a few miles south of the Arctic Circle, Russian scientists have unearthed mummies roughly 1,000 years old, clad in copper masks, hoops and plates - burial rites that archaeologists say they have never seen before...In the remains of a metalworking shop, the researchers excavated a wooden sarcophagus with the best-preserved mummy of all, a red-haired man covered chest to foot in copper plate and laid out with an iron hatchet, well-preserved furs and a bronze bear's head buckle."