Neanderthals have long been portrayed as dim-witted, brutish monsters who were genetically inferior to our direct ancestors, early modern humans. These ape-like creatures spoke in grunts, were beset ...

Modern humans may indeed have wiped out Neanderthals – but not through war or murder alone. A new study suggests that when the two species interbred, a slow-acting genetic incompatibility increased ...

Neanderthals left behind various clues about their enigmatic lives. But less is known about their spiritual sides. Some archaeologists and anthropologists believe these early humans, who disappeared ...

Charles Darwin was not the only person in his time to advocate for evolution. Since the final decade of the 18th century, evolutionary thinking about the transformation of species had gained a solid ...

Neanderthals may have been far more like us than once believed. A new review of genetic, archaeological, and fossil evidence ...

Not every modern human has the same set of Neanderthal DNA, however; different people will, by chance, have inherited different fragments. But there are also some areas, termed “Neanderthal deserts,” ...

Modern humans and Neanderthals clearly interbred, genetic evidence shows, but exactly where and when has remained murky. Now, a new study pinpoints where one wave of those encounters occurred — the ...

Neanderthals were oddly obsessed with golden eagles, much more so than any other animal. They went to great lengths to hunt ...