Neanderthals

A thorough re-analysis of a skeleton belonging to a 2-year-old Neanderthal and the archaeological site in which it…

An analysis of Neanderthal hand bones suggests these extinct humans possessed thumbs better suited for power grips,…

Scientists working in the south of France have discovered a small Neanderthal cord fragment dating back to over…

Neanderthals living in Portugal during the last ice age consumed copious amounts of seafood, according to new…

Before we became the only remaining humans on the planet, Homo sapiens mated with Neanderthals and the closely…

New excavations at a well-known Neanderthal site have revealed a previously undiscovered Neanderthal skeleton, along…

We’re all a little Neanderthal. That’s the conclusion of a study that used a new statistical technique to revise…

New evidence suggests Neanderthals gathered clam shells and volcanic rock from the bottom of the Mediterranean,…

New fossil evidence suggests the Neanderthal practice of collecting eagle talons, which were likely worn as jewelry…

Unlike humans living today, our distant ancestors exerted a very small footprint on the planet, leaving barely…

Neanderthals were regular users of fire, but archaeologists aren’t certain if these extinct hominins were capable of…

A comprehensive analysis of DNA from modern Melanesian people suggests an assortment of mutated genes inherited from…

For thousands of years, Siberia’s Denisova Cave was home to various bands of Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern…

A pinky finger bone, some teeth, and a lower jaw. That’s all the physical evidence we have of the mysterious…

Scientists in France have discovered hundreds of fossilized footprints belonging to a single group of Neanderthals.…

Very little is known about the Denisovans—a mysterious group of hominins that lived alongside early humans and…

A comprehensive re-analysis of a skull fragment found in a Greek cave back in the late 1970s suggests early modern…

Dental evidence suggests Neanderthals and modern humans diverged from a common ancestor around 800,000 years…

Equipped with only dining hall spoons, the clothes on their backs, and pure archaeological curiosity, undergraduates…

In 2010, archaeologists found evidence of a previously unknown hominin, the Denisovans, in a Siberian cave.…