Neanderthal Love

I have read a few interesting articles today about the long-running effort to discover the roots of humankind. In the stories there is some discussion of Neanderthals and then there was a link to another kind of article. I found them very interesting and so did an author who wrote a trilogy about humans and Neanderthals in a "worlds that collide" story-line.

First, a link to a new-ish discovery which is being debated.

The story of human evolution in Africa is undergoing a major rewrite - Vox

Second, an earlier story about humans and Neanderthals in Europe: their meeting and interactions.

Humans and Neanderthals had sex. But was it for love? - Vox

Third, an Amazon.com link about the books.

Amazon.com: Hominids: Volume One of The Neanderthal Parallax eBook: Robert J. Sawyer: Kindle Store

For anyone interested in the roots of humanity or possibly science fiction about this curious topic, these are articles worth reading.