The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals originated. Columnist ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

Going by the headlines, the matter seems to be settled. El País announces that Neanderthal men "chose" sapiens women. Science ...

Fragments of shaped ivory discovered at a Lower Paleolithic site in western Ukraine may be the oldest known ivory tools ever ...

In his new book, the Harvard professor of anthropology, a former colleague of Jane Goodall, reflects on humans’ complex ...

Wisdom teeth are more than just an uncomfortable dentist appointment. They are evidence of how human evolution cherry-picked ...

Two women buried 7,000 years ago in a Libyan rock shelter have no business being genetically mysterious. They lived during ...

Paradigm-shattering discovery reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than ...

A cave in Belgium has revealed unsettling evidence that Neandertals selectively cannibalized outsiders, focusing on women and children. The victims weren’t from the local group and appear to have been ...

In the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event, one unlikely survivor rose to dominate a shattered world: ...