John Hawks has the details on the rumors that have been swirling for a while (and now confirmed by a conference talk) about sequencing of autosomal Neandertal DNA. The previous work was mtDNA, which is easier since mitochondria are copious throughout the cell. But, this will give us a lot more information to chew on....
For a second I thought it said Neanderthal Gnomes. Now that would be a story to rival the Hobbits.