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

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 know that most people of non-African descent carry a small but significant ...

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

Archaeologists have found a Neanderthal workshop around 65 miles from Warsaw, where ancient hominins repaired their ...

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 ...

The skeleton of a five-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago, and which has characteristics of both species, was found in a prehistoric cave in northern Israel.The post Earliest evidence ...

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

This prehistoric species remained independent of the Neanderthal lineage in Europe, maintaining a close relationship with ...

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

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 ...

Eventually, the villager spotted something unexpected—the nearly complete cranium of an unknown, ancient hominin protruding from a small chamber’s interior wall. Although covered in calcite and ...

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.