A recent discovery of a 50,000-year-old fossil has revolutionized our understanding of Neanderthal diets, revealing a far ...

Groundbreaking research finds that Neanderthals experienced a severe population crash 110,000 years ago, challenging past ...

For much of the 20th century, Neanderthals were cast as primitive hunters—robust, spear-wielding hominins whose survival ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

Scientists say early humans died young. Fossil records say average life expectancy was 38 years for Neanderthals, and 40 for ...

Learn about the crayon-like tools made by Neanderthals during the Middle Paleolithic and how these objects likely prove the existence of a complex Neanderthal culture.

New research reveals that early humans changed Europe’s landscapes long before farming began, using fire and hunting to alter ecosystems.

She was a Muslim missionary by 13 and a creationist determined to disprove Darwin at 18. So how did she become TV's favourite ...

Remember when it was taboo to say anything against global warming or, as it was later changed to, climate change. Climate ...

A newly discovered Neanderthal site on Portugal’s Algarve coast has revealed the first fossilized footprints of these ancient humans in the region. A new international study published in Scientific ...

New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...