A new study analyzes the nasal cavity of the "Altamura Man," a Neanderthal who died between 130,000 and 172,000 years ago ...

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time. Despite its proximity to other groups of ...

The most complete Neanderthal skull ever examined has given researchers something they have never had before: a virtually ...

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

How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists ...

An analysis of Neanderthal nose bones suggests the species’ famously large noses did not evolve primarily to warm and ...

Forty-one millennia ago, deep inside a Belgian cave, Neanderthals left behind a disturbing legacy. Mixed in with the ...

Human remains found inside a Belgian cave tell a grisly story of selective cannibalism among our hominid cousins.

Belgian cave analysis shows Neanderthal cannibalism involving nonlocal women and children who were killed and eaten 45,000 ...

Neanderthals left behind various clues about their enigmatic lives. But less is known about their spiritual sides. Some ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

A long-standing debate in paleontology about whether the distinctive Neanderthal nose evolved purely for the cold weather may ...