In 1973, a partial human skull was uncovered in Hahnöfersand, Germany, during archaeological work. It did not come with any ...

One of the biggest mysteries surrounding the ancient world is the disappearance of the Neanderthals around 32,000 years ago. Why did they go extinct? What made them disappear? Or are they still living ...

New 3D analysis of a German skull clears up decades of confusion, placing this human firmly in the modern family tree.

Scientists think Neanderthal children may have had faster growth rates because larger bodies tend to retain heat more ...

A new study of a Neanderthal toddler reveals that our closest evolutionary relatives' growth patterns differed from those of ...

A new study of a Neanderthal toddler reveals that our closest evolutionary relatives' growth patterns differed from those of ...

Originally discovered in 1973, the frontal bone was initially thought to be 36,000 years old, an age that coincided perfectly ...

Tinshemet Cave is located on the east side of Nahal Beit Arif in central Israel, about ten kilometers from the open-air site ...

A new genetic study reveals that Neanderthals suffered a devastating population collapse long before their extinction, ...

Neanderthals nearly vanished after a genetic bottleneck around 65,000 years ago, and a new study reveal swhere the last ...

For almost half a century, a fragment of a human skull found on the banks of the Elbe River, near the German town of ...

The latest research on a Neanderthal infant from Amud Cave in Israel is giving a clearer picture of how different early ...