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

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

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

We’re all a little Neanderthal. That’s the conclusion of a study that used a new statistical technique to revise estimates of the degree to which modern humans have retained Neanderthal DNA.

The Neanderthal was unearthed at a cave known as "Grotte Mandrin" in southern France's Rhône Valley. The 2015 find has been reported in scientific literature for the first time, in a study ...

Neanderthal arts and crafts Whatever you call the geometric design, carving it would have taken planning, effort, and a good supply of small, sharp flint blades.