A new study of these ancient burial sites across the Levant region in western Asia reveals other similarities and differences ...

The two species began burying their dead at roughly the same time and place. Now some archaeologists think competition may have played a role in burials.

Alfons and Adrie Kennis have devoted their lives to creating models of our ancient relatives – sometimes with controversial ...

"Some Neanderthal populations died out, some got massacred, some interacted [with humans] and some only exchanged ideas." — ...

A recently published scientific paper has confirmed the close genetic links between a Neanderthal population in the Rhone ...

Even by the usual standards of stargazing, it is a rare opportunity. But anyone studying the horizon just after sunset in the coming days is in with a chance of spotting a comet last seen when ...

Following from these results, the European TV Culture Channel, ARTE, has produced a documentary on Thorin and its discovery. Based in Strasbourg, ARTE has a monthly viewing of around 6.6 million. The ...

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern Iberia. Neanderthals once roamed Eurasia, but they disappeared around the ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

However, we've never actually found Neanderthal clothing or clothing remnants. "Unfortunately, we're likely never actually going to get archaeological evidence of Neanderthal clothes," Cara ...

Palaeoanthropologist describes the main features of the female Shanidar Z Neanderthal skull. Palaeo-anthropologist Dr Emma Pomeroy describes the main features of Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal skull ...

However, we've never actually found Neanderthal clothing or clothing remnants. "Unfortunately, we're likely never actually going to get archaeological evidence of Neanderthal clothes," Cara Ocobock, a ...