A study by the University of York reveals that Neanderthal healthcare was compassionate and highly effective – challenging our notions that they were brutish compared to modern humans. Analysis of a male aged around 25-40 at time of death revealed a catalogue of poor health, including a degenerative disease of the spine and shoulders. His condition would have sapped his strength over the final 12 months of life. Yet, he remained part of the group and his articulated remains were subsequently carefully buried. (http://bit.ly/2O7S3qv)