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.

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

The new research showed that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have ...

As for the dodo, the Nicobar Pigeon is the closest living relative, and the Solitaire, a type of extinct bird that was found ...

Neanderthals eventually went extinct about 40,000 years ago. Modern humans arrived in Europe approximately 5,000 years before this. Nobody knows why the Neanderthals went extinct. However, there are ...

Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

Neanderthals arose as a distinct population between 400,000 and 350,000 years ago and went extinct around 34,000 ago. Neanderthals were closely related to another group of extinct, little-known ...

By examining the territory's archaeology, anthropology and linguistics, our new book fits together the missing puzzle pieces ...

Supernovas, the explosive deaths of massive stars, could have had a devastating impact on Earth's atmosphere, leading to mass ...