For the past 40,000 years, Homo sapiens have been the only human species on Earth. Our ancestors, including the Neanderthals ...

This week, a fossilized skull offers new clues about a mysterious prehistoric human species, astronomers unlock missing ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

Analysis of DNA from a Neanderthal fossil found in a French cave indicates that it belonged to a group that was isolated for more than 50,000 years. Close. Advertisement. Skip to content.

The Neanderthal in the karst: First dating, morphometric, and paleogenetic data on the fossil skeleton from Altamura (Italy) National Library of Medicine. Late survival of Neanderthals at the ...

Marine fossils found in a cave suggest our ancestors liked amassing objects just because. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday.

Neanderthals, like humans, may have found joy in collecting objects. “The fossils, with one exception, show no evidence of having been used as tools; thus, their presence in the cave could be ...

Fossils from Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains show Neanderthals lived there about 200,000 years ago at roughly the same time as a sister species known as the Denisovans, who are thought to ...

Yet more evidence that Neanderthals were like us. A stash of 15 marine fossils has been found in a Neanderthal cave in northern Spain, indicating that the extinct hominids may have developed a ...