Features like sizable noses, protruding brow ridges, and strong lower jaws gave them a distinct appearance. But since the ...

When archaeologist Ludovic Slimak unearthed five teeth in a rock shelter in France’s Rhône Valley in 2015, it was immediately obvious that they belonged to a Neanderthal, the first intact remains of ...

Back in 1929, archaeologists unearthed several human skeletons (seven adults and three children) while excavating Skuhl Cave just south of Haifa, Israel. Dating back 140,000 years to the end of the ...

We all have an idea of the caveman art seen placed onto walls by beings long, long ago, but discoveries in three Spanish ...

Neanderthals were long stereotyped as primitive and dim-witted, but science has corrected that misconception, showing them as intelligent, cultural and connected to modern humans. This illustrates how ...

Researchers discovered Thorin's fossilized remains in 2015 in a cave in southern France. Ludovic Slimak In 2015, archaeologists discovered the remains of a Neanderthal in a cave in southern France.

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Most human genomes harbor small fragments of Neanderthal DNA, the legacy of prehistoric hanky-panky between our ancestors and their hominid cousins. For the most part, that inheritance has been ...