Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, the researchers have uncovered a history of genetic intermingling that reveals a ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Research shows some African populations have almost no Neanderthal DNA, while those from European or Asian backgrounds have 1 ...

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern ...

A new DNA analysis of a Neanderthal nicknamed Thorin is making experts rethink what they know about early humans. In 2015, researchers discovered the remains of the short-statured Thorin in a cave ...

Braving the cold weather required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and to know how to make fire. But did they wear clothes?

A clue lies in how much harder it was to grow up as a Neanderthal kid, suggests a recent study in the journal Scientific Reports.

In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the ...

An Open Day organised by the Portimão Museum will allow history buffs to discover archaeological remains in the Gruta da ...

Even by the usual standards of stargazing, it is a rare opportunity. But anyone studying the horizon just after sunset in the coming days is in with a chance of spotting a comet last seen when ...

Neanderthals created certain types of tools, named Mousterian after a Neanderthal site in France. This type of tool was invented 160,000 years ago and largely disappeared by 40,000 years ago ...