More than just mere cavemen, our Stone Age kin exhibited intelligence in surprising ways, making them more human than ...

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared technologies and customs.

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources. But how did the production of stone tools -- called 'knapping' -- start?

Neanderthals were intelligent, strong, and skilled early humans. From tool-making to burial rituals, discover 10 fascinating facts about our extinct relatives and their lasting legacy.

A team of archaeologists has discovered some evidence of Neanderthal habitation during their recent survey conducted in ...

another Middle Paleolithic site that presents similar stone tools and fauna bones. They were groups of archaic Neanderthal-like Homo, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. “These groups interacted and ...

The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in Africa.

Now, researchers have uncovered a substantial cache of prehistoric bone tools in the same region dating back 1.5 million years. It's the oldest collection of mass-produced bone tools yet known, ...