As you’d expect, a quarter century of data shows it really helps to be born with lucky biology. The neuroscientists found a ...

An analysis of the only intact Neanderthal inner nose bones known to exist reveals that our ancient cousins' enormous noses ...

A long-standing debate in paleontology about whether the distinctive Neanderthal nose evolved purely for the cold weather may ...

Could the last chapters of Neanderthal history be far more complicated than anyone thought? A newly sequenced genome from a ...

We used this definition to trawl published scientific papers, searching for observations of kissing in the group of monkeys and apes that evolved in Africa, Asia and Europe. It turns out that a ...

A tiny Crimean bone links Neanderthals to Siberia, revealing long-distance networks shaped by shifting climates and migration ...

Learn about a new mathematical model that suggests Neanderthals never went extinct and, instead, became modern humans.

An analysis of Neanderthal nose bones suggests the species’ famously large noses did not evolve primarily to warm and ...

Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some ...

Neanderthals were thought to have structures inside their noses that helped them deal with the cold, but analysis of an ...

Just a few Neanderthal DNA tweaks boosted facial gene activity, revealing how ancient genetics still shape human faces today.

Humans aren’t the only ones who kiss—monkeys do it, polar bears do it, and now research suggests that the practice may go ...