Researchers say the discovery of animal remains and other evidence is helping them reconstruct how these ancient humans lived ...

By sequencing ancient DNA from the fetus, scientists revealed a severe genetic bottleneck that reshaped Neanderthal history ...

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time.

Archaeologists unearthed a sealed chamber in Gibraltar's Vanguard Cave. This untouched space, sealed for 40,000 years, ...

The Neanderthal population shrank during a cold spell around 75,000 years ago, and the loss of genetic diversity may have ...

For a brief time in history, humans and Neanderthals shared the Earth, swapping DNA, but the details of that swapping might not be what you expect.

New evidence shows Neanderthals may have hunted giant elephants, pointing to advanced planning, teamwork, and hunting ...

Neanderthals may have done more than just glue tools together with birch tar—they might have dabbed it on their wounds, too, ...

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Based on the incision locations, the team believes that Neanderthals sliced open their roughly 30-year-old male prey’s chest ...

A new finding has revealed that the way that some of us deal with the flu may come from a long-lost DNA line that comes from ...