New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...

An analysis of the semicircular canals in Neanderthal ears reveals evidence of a 'bottleneck' event, leading to a reduction ...

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

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

Discovered in Portugal in 1998, the individual dubbed the “Lapedo Child” has long perplexed scientists, thanks to a curious ...

The new approach to radiocarbon dating could soon be applied to other Paleolithic human sites, improving our understanding of ...

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

His research focuses on trying to uncover the mysteries of early human life-forms: Homo sapiens, yes, but also Neanderthals and other hominins. The first hominins evolved in Africa and began to ...

Life appearance reconstruction of a Neanderthal male at the Natural History Museum of London. (Credit: Photo: Allan Henderson under CC BY 2.0) Ears are incredible things. They help us process sound ...

marks the first publication on Tinshemet Cave and presents compelling evidence that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the region not only coexisted but also shared aspects of daily life ...

More than a century ago, a distorted image of Neanderthals emerged. When a nearly complete skeleton was discovered in 1908 at La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France, its reconstruction led to lasting ...