An isolated population of Neanderthals is shedding new light on their species’ final days. Palaeoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak takes us inside the cave where they lived and died ...

The quest for non-human intelligence has captivated the popular imagination lately, from charismatic cephalopods playing peekaboo on the seafloor to AI chatbots that long for love and revenge. Now the ...

Thorin’s 42,000-year-old DNA reveals 50,000 years of Neanderthal isolation, inbreeding and no mixing with modern humans.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neanderthals went extinct 40,000 years ago, and researchers are continuing to find clues about why.Mike Kemp/Getty Images ...

When archaeologist Ludovic Slimak unearthed five teeth in a rock shelter in France's Rhône Valley in 2015, it was immediately obvious that they belonged to a Neanderthal, the first intact remains of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: 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, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Remains of one of the "last" Neanderthals have been discovered, with ...

The French archaeologist Ludovic Slimak has spent the past 30 years rummaging fields and caves from the Horn of Africa to the Artic Circle, and, of course, his beloved Rhône Valley in France. For the ...

The earliest evidence of modern humans in Europe has been unearthed in a cave in southern France, showing they lived there at the same time as Neanderthals — something long suspected but never ...