Neanderthals crafted complex tools, cared for their sick, ... Neanderthal skulls reveal brains that were shaped differently from ours, with a longer, lower cranium and prominent brow ridges.

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

The face of a 75,000-year-old neanderthal woman was reconstructed by a team of scientists in England — revealing that the extinct ... “Neanderthal skulls have huge brow ridges and lack ...

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

Neanderthals, like earlier H. sapiens, made thicker points, better for thrusting spears used at close range. And Neanderthals may have already been on the brink. For at least 80,000 years before their ...

The genomes of Neanderthals also show that almost 600 genes were expressed differently between our species and theirs, particularly those associated with the face and voice. Another prominent ...

The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of symbolic art. ... The rock, which resembles a large potato, is about 6 inches (15 ...

Neanderthals evolved about 400,000 years ago in southern Europe and western Asia, and were the first human ancestor adapted to a colder climate. ... with broad noses and pronounced brow ridges.

The face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman named Shanidar Z was recreated after Cambridge archeologists excavated her body from ... “Neanderthal skulls have huge brow ridges and lack ...

By contrast, the antagonists of this particular story, the “grisly men,” are not recognizably human at all. These are Neanderthals, and, Wells imagines, they were less intelligent than “true ...

A Neanderthal was buried 75,000 years ago, ... With pronounced brow ridges and no chins, the skulls of Neanderthals look different from those of our own species, Homo sapiens, ...