but suggest that the eye-catching specimens may have been gathered by Neanderthal children who found them entrancing. The ...

The comparison revealed that “the midfaces [the region between our eyes and lips] of Neanderthals are on average already larger at birth than those of modern humans and continue growing for a ...

Staring into the twinkling eyes in the weathered features of the Neanderthal man, it's possible to feel a moment of connection, of recognising another fellow human (albeit of a different species). He ...

Close your eyes and picture a Neanderthal. You're probably imagining heavy browridges, a big, broad nose, perhaps a jutting midface. If so, you're right on, though those are only the most obvious ...

Neanderthals were consummate hunters of medium ... 2005.11.008 Belfer-Cohen, A. & Hovers, E. In the eye of the beholder - Mousterian and Natufian burials in the Levant. Current Anthropology ...

The reasons for the demise of the Neanderthals some 30 thousand years ago, only a few millennia after the first appearance of modern humans in Europe, remain controversial, and are a focus of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. CT scans of a Neanderthal skull (left) and a modern human skull ...

“The study expands our knowledge of the extent to which Neanderthals and Denisovans contributed functionally relevant genetic variation to modern humans,” Svante Pääbo, an evolutionary geneticist at ...

Terms in italic are defined in a glossary at the bottom of this page. Note that the Neanderthal is painted plaster of paris, with the maroon spots indicating pieces missing from the original.