She looks pretty good for 75,000 years old. Particularly given that her skull was smashed into 200 pieces, possibly by a rockfall, before it was meticulously pieced together by scientists over the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study shows how three Neanderthal DNA variants strengthened a key enhancer for jaw development, offering fresh insight into ...

Some of the last Neanderthals ever to walk the face of the earth may have faded into extinction with proper funerals. First ...

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right moment. A new study suggests that part of that story reaches far back into ...