What if I told you that a part of you isn't entirely human as we know it? Thanks to groundbreaking genetic research, we now ...

The skeleton, belonging to a five-year-old child found 90 years ago in Israel’s Skhul Cave, dates back about 140,000 years.

Scientists discovered signs of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens on a 140,000-year-old skull; 'This is the ...

A Neanderthal AMPD1 variant still present in some Europeans lowers muscle efficiency and may hinder elite athletic ability.

The oldest-known hominin track sites found in southwest Europe provide clues to the hunting patterns of Neanderthals. Experts believe that along with eating plenty of plants, the ancient population ...

A palaeontology dig - believed to be the biggest in the country, with more than 200 volunteers - has uncovered mammoth skulls ...

Remains of Neanderthal Family, Including Father and His Teenage Daughter, Found in Siberian Cave Conducting one of the largest genetic studies of a Neanderthal population to date, scientists found ...

Science in Poland reports that archaeologists have uncovered a site in the Mazovia region that they believe served as a ...

A fossil of the inner ear of a six-year-old Neanderthal child that showed signs of Down syndrome seems to indicate that the ancient, now-extinct species were compassionate caregivers, according to ...

First Neanderthal community In their new study, the researchers focused on the Neanderthal remains in Chagyrskaya and Okladnikov Caves, which are within 100 kilometers of Denisova Cave.

Eventually, the villager spotted something unexpected—the nearly complete cranium of an unknown, ancient hominin protruding ...

The Neanderthal genome project has helped scientists understand one of our closest relatives. Short-bodied and brutishly strong, Neanderthals were well-adapted for hardship and colder climates.