Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

Recent archaeological findings have revealed a fascinating aspect of Neanderthal behavior: their penchant for collecting. Researchers have unearthed a collection of 15 marine fossils, which seem ...

We know more facts about Neanderthals than any other extinct humans. Many thousands of their artefacts and fossils have been found, including several nearly complete skeletons. We also know about ...

In a study of critical rearrangements of our chromosomes and select variations in our genes, the team looked at genome databases built from Neanderthal fossils, Denisovan fossils, and modern human ...

They came to the speculative conclusion that these fossils could have been gathered by Neanderthal children, reflective of the fascination of modern children with small objects like seashells.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Neanderthals were a separate species of human that populated Europe for hundreds of thousands of years until they went extinct 40,000 years ago New fossils are challenging ideas that modern humans ...

Archaeologists from the University of Burgos discovered 15 marine fossils in a Neanderthal cave in northern Spain, suggesting that Neanderthals may have been capable of abstract thought long ...

New research using climate models provides fascinating insights into how environmental conditions influenced the evolution ...

This would make the fossil the first Neanderthal found with Down syndrome, which also demonstrates Neanderthals caring for a child with a genetic and physical condition. Speaking of Neanderthals ...