Simulation Reveals First Encounters of Neanderthals and Modern Humans in Europe ...

Neanderthals painted on cave walls in Spain 65,000 years ago – tens of thousands of years before modern humans arrived, say researchers ...

Cutting-edge genetics research reveals a startling legacy embedded in our DNA.

As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding ...

Ancient bones discovered in a cave in Casablanca, Morocco, could fill in some of the blanks about human evolution. The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and ...

On the slopes of Mount Carmel in northern Israel, a small skull has changed the story of human history. Buried in Skhul Cave roughly 140,000 years ago, the remains of a five-year-old child show that ...

The hand stencil is more than 1,000 years older than the previous earliest evidence of rock art.

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Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Gene variants in red blood cell function may have doomed the hybrid babies of Neanderthals and modern humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Neanderthals died out some 30,000 years ago, but their genes live on within many of us. African people have very little Neanderthal DNA because their ancestors didn't make the trip through Eurasia, ...

Clues from studies of ancient plants and animals have helped archaeologists pin down where the last Neanderthals found refuge ...