We are getting a clearer sense of where and how often Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, and it turns out the behaviour ...
Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted ...
“This was a very challenging observation for the instrument. The comet is around 10 000 to 100 000 times fainter than our ...
As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding ...
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, led by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the Neanderthal ...
A fingerprint left by a Neanderthal on a rock 43,000 years ago could be the oldest known figurative representation of a human face, scientists have suggested. The discovery of the pebble marked in ...
For a long time, the Neanderthals were regarded as functional, survival-minded humans who possessed the capabilities of ...
Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex predators like lions – feasting on big animals such as mammoths or bison.