A tiny Crimean bone links Neanderthals to Siberia, revealing long-distance networks shaped by shifting climates and migration ...

Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children could have led to pregnancy complications and the eventual end of the species ...

Every human face is unique, allowing us to distinguish between individuals. We know little about how facial features are ...

Unearthing the secrets of our ancient ancestors, researchers have recently discovered 78,000-year-old footprints left by a ...

Evidence from caves in France and Spain shows Neanderthals made symbolic art long before Homo sapiens, reshaping ideas about ...

Conceptually, it’s a bit like mixing two dyes in a bucket. The bucket holds the genetics of the population, Neanderthals are ...

Footprints preserved on ancient dunes show Neanderthals actively navigating, hunting, and living along Portugal’s coastline.

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right ...

By studying Neanderthal DNA, researchers shed light on key genetic factors that contribute to the unique structure of human faces.

The most exciting is a roughly 4.5-centimeter-long, 1.2-centimeter-thick (1.8 and 0.5-inch) fragment of yellow ocher that was “fully-shaped into a crayon-like tool with a pointed morphology”, with ...