Despite their similarities to us, Neanderthals were not—repeat, not—our direct ancestors. They were an offshoot of an earlier ...

A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest multifunctional tool of its kind. This Ice Age “Swiss Army ...

Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon: Equals in the Hunt Frontlines | Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon: Equals in the Hunt The hunting prowess of the Neanderthal matched those who supplanted them, the Cro-Magnon, say ...

A 50,000-year record of mammals consumed by early humans in southwestern France indicates there was no major difference in the prey hunted by Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, according to a new study.

But though this enriches speculation about Neanderthals, it does not subvert this aspect of Fagan's thesis, because the distance of Cro-Magnon cultural superiority over painted shells is ...

In recent years, there has been speculation that climate change wiped out Neanderthal people, or interbreeding with us, since many of us have DNA shared by Neanderthals (we also share 60 percent of ...

Prehistoric family tree The reanalysed Cro-Magnon DNA, which comes from maternally-inherited mitochondria, casts further doubt on the kinship between Neanderthals and humans, he says.

What really happened to the big-boned, heavy-browed Neanderthal people who vanished from Earth thousands of years ago? And why were they succeeded so swiftly by the Cro-Magnon people, who were the ...

Cro-Magnon vs. Neanderthal: What Is the Difference? Though similar to Neanderthals, Cro-Magnons have some interesting differences. What does the fossil record reveal about their intelligence and how ...

Though similar to Neanderthals, Cro-Magnons have some interesting differences. What does the fossil record reveal about their intelligence and how they survived?