Roughly 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal man dipped his finger in red ocher and painted a nose on a rock that looked like a ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Spain is challenging our understanding of Neanderthal creativity. Archaeologists recently ...

Archaeologists have long debated the origin of human symbolic behavior. The dominant idea was that only modern humans (Homo sapiens) were capable of complex symbolic thought and behavior; such as ...

A Neanderthal man is believed to have painted a nose on a pebble using red pigment more than 43,000 years ago.

Archaeologists discovered a human fingerprint left on a rock in Spain now considered the oldest known human fingerprint.

Archaelogists are celebrating a one-of-a-kind find: the perfectly preserved mark of a Neanderthal fingerprint. Approximately ...

We still carry Neanderthals’ legacy in our DNA. Modern-day genetic quirks linked to skin color, hair color and even nose shape can be traced back to our extinct former neighbors. And our genetic ...