Imagine a world where our Neanderthal cousins were still alive. With their robust physical attributes and resilience, they ...

For more than a century, the disappearance of Neanderthals has been framed as a story of extinction, a vanishing act that cleared the stage for Homo sapiens. A new wave of genetic and archaeological ...

Neanderthals may have never truly gone extinct, according to new research – at least not in the genetic sense.

Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some scientific support, researchers can't agree on which—or which combination—is ...

Fragmented Neanderthal bones discovered in a cave in Belgium show that one group cannibalized the women and children of ...