Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

She continued: “It’s perhaps easier to see how interbreeding occurred between our species, to the extent that almost everyone alive today still has Neanderthal DNA.” The woman’s remains ...

At the same time, neighboring tribes of archaic hominids – including some that were more Neanderthal-like in appearance – adopted similar customs, all of which suggests that these prehistoric ...

One of the most fascinating discoveries in recent years is the evidence that Neanderthal DNA still exists in modern humans and continues to play a protective role in our immune system and overall ...

Neanderthals might have lived in today’s southwestern China during the Middle Stone Age, newly discovered tools similar to those previously found only in Europe and the Middle East suggest. An ...

Researchers from the University of Washington excavating a site in China have found Neanderthal tools dating back almost 55,000 years. Their findings were published March 31 in Proceedings of the ...

The CSRA method, the researchers believe, could be a valuable tool for additional burial sites that still need more accurate radiocarbon dating. Achieving reliable dates for these sites could help ...