One of the more enduring mysteries about Neanderthals is whether they had a spoken language, a trait that’s impossible to ...

When Hotlegs took the initial steps to write and record “Neanderthal Man,” they were not intending to write a song at all, ...

Since its discovery in 1993, the Altamura Man, dating back at least 130,000 years, has continued to captivate scientists and ...

Among extant genes known to have originated among Denisovans are sequences common in Tibetan populations that help the body ...

Nov 12, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) reacts after making a layup ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered hominin group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day ...

Bones of cave animals and traces of a Neanderthal settlement believed to be the oldest in Slovenia have been found in a karst ...

New Zealand's parliament descended into chaos during a vote over a controversial bill that proposed to dramatically change ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Ever since the first Neanderthal bones were discovered, curiosity about these ancient hominins has surged. How did they ...

In 2010, the first draft of the Neanderthal genome was published, and comparisons with modern human genomes revealed that Neanderthal and modern humans had interbred in the past. A few months later, ...