One of the earliest known human burials unearthed in Skhul Cave was a cross between modern humans and Neanderthals with an ...

Neanderthals got dealt a pretty bad hand by the anthropologists at the time of their discovery. Many people even in modern ...

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the ...

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the likely origin of a ...

Worldwide, the oldest known artifact of this type is a bone knife that was manufactured by modern humans in Morocco around 90,000 years ago. The revelation that Neanderthals were also working with ...

Ancient footprints found near the shores of Portugal's Algarve region are giving us fresh insights into the lives of ...

New study uses DNA evidence to challenge claims that humans arrived in Sahul 65,000 years ago, pointing to a later migration ...

Archaeologists have uncovered remarkable evidence that Neanderthals roamed the shores of Portugal around 80,000 years ago.

Yet the Scladina multitool is the first known lion bone turned into a tool. It means Neanderthals not only handled lions, but ...

The enzyme AMPD1 plays a key role in muscle energy production and normal muscular function. Loss of AMPD1 activity due to ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Neanderthals had a taste for fat, and they worked hard to get it. Long before humans built cities or invented writing, these ...