However, Neanderthals tended to bury their dead deeper in caves, whereas H. sapiens were buried in cave entrances or rock ...

A resurgence of interest in our ancient relatives is captivating audiences worldwide, and a German museum is at the forefront ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding ...

Because he was clad in modern clothes, it was easy to overlook the life-like statue's secret: he's a Neanderthal. The statue ...

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.

"In some places in our genome, we're more Neanderthal than we are human," Joshua Akey, a professor of integrative genomics at ...

They did interbreed, which left traces of Neanderthal DNA in our genome. Discover More Amazing Facts About Human Origins: A ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered “hominin” group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding ...

Early Homo sapiens and their Neanderthal cousins started burying their dead around the same time and roughly the same place, some 120,000 years ago. This suggests the two species may have had ...