Learn more about how researchers can take evidence from the past to better shape our idea of what Neanderthals looked like.

A newly examined Neanderthal skull, once thought to confirm cold-climate adaptations, has challenged a century-old assumption ...

Ears are incredible things. They help us process sound and play a significant role in our balance. They may have also just ...

For years, researchers analyzing traumatic injuries found on Neanderthal fossils believed they had lived dangerous, violent lives. But a new study reveals that early modern humans and Neanderthals ...

A tiny fossil fragment from a Neanderthal man who lived and died 38,000 years ago has yielded the first snippets ever discovered of the extinct creature’s crucial genes — and they show that the ...

"We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. And this has huge implications, pushing back ...

A study shows Neanderthals made first fire in Britain 400,000 years ago, pushing back the timeline of controlled fire use by ...

Researchers determined that a skull of a female child from Skhūl Cave in Israel shows both Homo sapiens and Neanderthal features, leading researchers to think she is possibly a hybrid. If she is a ...

Dredging operations off the coast of Java, Indonesia, unearthed a treasure trove of thousands of animal fossils, including those of a previously unknown Homo erectus population. A team of scientists ...

For years, researchers analyzing traumatic injuries found on Neanderthal fossils believed they had lived dangerous, violent lives. But a new study reveals that early modern humans and Neanderthals ...