His name is John, and he likes to build wooden forts. Those are driftwood shelters and the two I have seen were close to Beard’s Hollow at the southern end of the Peninsula. I’ve watched such ...

The skeleton had many hallmark traits of a Neanderthal, including an oversize ... and another more speculative [and] colorful with a beard and hair," study co-author Cícero Moraes, a Brazilian ...

But recent discoveries have hinted they were more like us than we thought. This reconstruction of a female Neanderthal was made using ancient DNA evidence. Our ancient ancestors looked similar to ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Using DNA extracted from some roughly 45,000-year-old bones ...

Many people have a tiny slice of Neanderthal DNA, evidence of interbreeding between the species and ancient human ancestors. Two new studies suggest that interbreeding occurred during a limited ...

What’s left of the Neanderthals, our closest extinct relative, is mostly teeth and bones. While they live on in a way within the DNA of all of us, their physical presence is best imagined by ...

Scientists have uncovered for the first time the remains of a closely related Neanderthal clan, including a family — a father and his daughter — in a Russian cave, offering a rare window into ...

The word Neanderthal is sometimes used as a synonym for stupid or brutish, but a new fossil analysis has added weight to the hypothesis that our prehistoric cousins actually had collaborative or ...

Judging from relics uncovered in a cave in Iberia, Spain, the act of collecting may stretch at least as far back as our Neanderthal ancestry. In a study published on November 12th in the journal ...