The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

In 2022, DNA was recovered from bones and teeth of 11 Neanderthals found in a cave in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. Several individuals were related, including a father and a daughter—they ...

They were also able to estimate the amount of human DNA present in some lineages of Neanderthals. In particular, the Vindija and Altai Neanderthals could have had around 2.5 percent and 3.7 ...

Human evolution expert Prof Chris Stringer has studied Neanderthals his entire career. Here, he tells us what scientists have uncovered about the lifestyle of these early humans, their distinctive ...