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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 4. These people are associated with the Mousterian industry, in which knapping is used to produce stone tools from a prepared core in the Levallois technique. A fossil nicknamed “Denny” is the offspring of a Denisovan father and a mother from these (10[1])people. (10[2])A discovery in Divje Babe in Slovenia ignited controversy (10[1])over whether these people created music. Research conducted (10[1])by Svante Pääbo (10[1])suggests significant (10[1])interbreeding (10[1])between this species and modern humans. (10[1])For 10 points, name this hominid, extinct since about 40,000 years ago, that is named after a valley in Germany. ■END■

ANSWER: Neanderthals [or Homo neanderthalensis or H. sapiens neanderthalensis]
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Danila KabotyaIndiana ANotre Dame6610
John John GrogerWashU BPurdue A6710
Theodor MartinWashU DPurdue D6710
Stephen WalshNorthwestern AUIUC C7610
Francis BernhardtMiamiPurdue B8410
Liam StarnesUChicago BSIUE A8710
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue CUChicago A8910
Rohan KrishnamoorthiWashU CUIUC D9010
Patrick MinskerUIUC BIndiana B9610

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