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 ...

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 ...

Neanderthals once roamed Eurasia, but they disappeared around the time Homo sapiens reached Europe. One big question has stumped archaeologists for decades: Who were the last Neanderthals, and ...

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 ...

A new study sheds light on how Neanderthals built clans of their own. Neanderthals are distant cousins of humans that lived between 430,000 and 40,000 years ago. They get a bad rap as cave ...

Languages: English, Spanish A "truly extraordinary" Neanderthal skeleton covered in "cave popcorn" is shedding new light on some of the mysteries of human evolution. Known as the "Altamura Man ...

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 ...

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 ...