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These people left a so-called “hashtag” in Gorham’s Cave. The remains of several dozen of these people were found amid clumps of pollen in Shanidar (10[1])4. (10[3])These people are associated with the Mousterian industry, in which knapping is used to produce stone tools (-5[1])from a prepared (10[1])core in the Levallois technique. (10[3])A fossil (10[1])nicknamed “Denny” is the offspring of a (10[1])Denisovan father and a mother (10[1])from these (10[1])people. (10[8]-5[1])A discovery in Divje Babe in Slovenia (10[1])ignited (10[1])controversy (10[1])over whether (10[1])these people (10[1])created music. (10[3])Research (10[3])conducted (10[2])by Svante (10[1])Pääbo (10[2])suggests (10[1])significant (10[1])interbreeding (10[4])between this species (10[4])and modern humans. (10[1])For 10 points, name this hominid, extinct since about 40,000 years ago, (10[1])that is named after a valley in Germany. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Neanderthals [or Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis]
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Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan BCWRU D (DII)2410
Vinu HariharBerkeley ABerkeley B2510
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan D (DII)CWRU B (UG)2510
Ian McDowellCambridge CLSE A2510
Owen IredaleImperial ACambridge A42-5
Elie Aoun (UG)CWRU A (UG)CWRU C (UG)4510
Simon Zimmerman (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Pitt A5010
Ved MuthusamyOxford AManchester5010
Piers MarchantCam DDurham A5010
Wren Buehler (D2)Vassar ACentral Oklahoma5210
Paige CrawleyOxford BImperial B5910
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech D6410
Danila KabotyaIndiana ANotre Dame6610
Ethan BositaStanford AStanford L6710
John John GrogerWashU BPurdue A6710
Theodor MartinWashU DPurdue D6710
Reed Sexton (UG)Michigan C (UG)Michigan State C (UG)6710
JacobOSU CKenyon A67-5
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DIowa6710
Athena Shadden (UG)Texas AColorado College6710
Liam MarklandAlbertaUW B6710
Ted WarnerBristol ACambridge B6710
Eve FleisigBerkeley CStanford M7410
Sophie Higgs (DII)UW AUBC A7510
Stephen WalshNorthwestern AUIUC C7610
Drew Scheiner (UG)MissouriMississippi State7810
Dylan Dexter (D2)Ole MissOregon State8010
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech CTusculum A8210
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan State A8210
Arthur Zhang (D2)NYU BMcGill E8210
Luke ZhangEmory AAuburn C8310
Allen XuGeorgia Tech FAuburn B8310
Asheton WilbanksClemson ATennesse B8310
Nitish SudhakarGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech E8410
Francis BernhardtMiamiPurdue B8410
Dexter Hine (UG)SFUUBC B8610
TurjyaGeorgia AAlabama A8710
Liam StarnesUChicago BSIUE A8710
Robert BallantyneBristol BEdinburgh8810
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue CUChicago A8910
Ethan AltshulEmory BSouth Carolina A9010
Rohan KrishnamoorthiWashU CUIUC D9010
Edward FogelBirminghamSouthampton A9010
Sophie HughesDurham BWarwick B9010
Owen Gilroy (D2)Texas BArkansas9310
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (D2)NYU ATexas C9310
Odysseas GabrielatosWarwick ASouthampton B9310
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltLSE B9310
Patrick MinskerUIUC BIndiana B9610
Brendan BethlehemCambridge AImperial A10810
ReidKenyon AOSU C11610