A Neanderthal skull from Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar. (AquilaGib/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) Genetic deterioration may not have been the major cause of Neanderthal extinction, new evidence suggests ...

ZME Science. When scientists examined the incredibly well-preserved skeleton of a Neanderthal infant from an Israeli cave, ...

According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Neanderthals and Homo sapiens ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neanderthal communities in prehistoric Europe. How were they linked? (Illustrative) (photo credit: PIXABAY) Research focused on ...

Genetic analysis of Neanderthals in north-western Europe reveals that this population was surprisingly genetically diverse, hinting that inbreeding didn’t lead to the species' demise ...

When I explain my research interests to new acquaintances, I’m often asked questions like “what would you do if you met a ...

Were Neanderthals fundamentally different from us modern humans from the very beginning? Researchers have pondered this questions for decades. A new study on unusually rare remains of Neanderthal ...

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared technologies and customs. Reading time 3 minutes A team’s investigation of ...

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing that modern humans from the Upper Palaeolithic (between 45,000 ...

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Illustration of Neanderthal man in a cave; circa 30,000 BC. (Photo by Time ...

Maggot-infested meat likely provided Neanderthals and even some modern-day humans with a rich source of fat and nitrogen. Reading time 3 minutes Modern humanity’s most famous cousins, the Neanderthals ...

But what of the Neanderthals; an ancient, large-brained sister group to our own species? We now know that they were capable of making art too. However, at present, all of the Neanderthal evidence is ...