The Lapedo child, discovered in Portugal in 1998, has fascinated scientists for over two decades. This enigmatic skeleton, ...

Modern humans have uniquely small and flat faces, especially compared with our Neanderthal cousins' notoriously robust faces ...

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

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

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

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

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

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

Our closest extinct relatives, Neanderthals, existed thousands of years ago. Here are 10 interesting facts about their lives, brains, and survival. Neanderthals existed in Europe and Asia from ...

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

Decades after its initial discovery, the skeleton of a prehistoric child who possessed both human and Neanderthal attributes has now been directly dated. Archaeologists have confirmed that the ...

After four failed attempts, scientists have at last dated the skeleton of a possible human-Neanderthal hybrid found in ...