Neanderthals relied on strategic ambushes that required explosive strength and precision, allowing them to overpower large ...

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in ...

An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with Neanderthals in one period between 43,000 and 50,000 years ago. Neanderthals ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe. Like any good research, these genomes lead to more ...

Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that still exists in many modern-day people, ...

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

Though some might be surprised to see Neanderthal DNA in their ancestry test results, people of non-African descent derive 1 ...

Neanderthals, who were living in Europe and Asia, had large noses, strong double-arched brow ridge and relatively short and stocky bodies. Meanwhile, modern humans (Homo sapiens) evolved in Africa ...

The research in the *American Journal of Biological Anthropology* suggests Neanderthals at Cova de l'Arbreda alternated ...

Learn how these Neanderthal findings shaped what we know about Neanderthals and how our ancient human past is intertwined.

More archeological excavation is needed to clarify exactly what this pit was used for. “Roman society was full of ...

Modern humans emerged in Africa hundreds of thousands of years ago and eventually spread to Europe, Asia and beyond. Somewhere along the way, they met and mated with Neanderthals, leaving a ...