The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as ...

Grease is the word – at least, it was for Neanderthals living in what is now Germany some 125,000 years ago. New research ...

The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of ...

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

This practice has been documented as far back as 28,000 years ago, but has not been confirmed at older sites, making ...

Scientists reveal the face of Neanderthal woman 75K years after she died: "High stakes 3D jigsaw puzzle" 00:55 A British team of archaeologists on Thursday revealed the reconstructed face of a ...

India’s complex ancestry—intertwined with Iranian farmers, Steppe herders, and local hunter-gatherers—has now been decoded through genomic data from 2,762 people. The study uncovers surprising levels ...

The earliest Neanderthal-like fossils are about 430,000 years old, but major parts of the Neanderthal origin story remain unclear. Altamura Man's skull might change that.

This is Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal woman whose face was re-created by archaeologists at England’s University of Cambridge.Reimagining her facial features, rather than just the skull itself, the ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. But exactly how and when that happened, and who those groups of humans were, was less known. New research adds some clues.