We once lived among Neanderthals but around 40,000 years ago, they disappeared. Reasons for their demise vary, but experts have suggested interbreeding, climate change and violent clashes with ...

A study of the inner ear bones of Neanderthals shows a significant loss of diversity in their shape around 110,000 years ago, suggesting a genetic bottleneck that contributed to Neanderthals' decline.

How these Neanderthal genes became prominent in the human genome ... In 2018, she combined her interests in science and writing and became a science writer. She has done research previously in the ...

A study published in Nature Communications describes evolutionary changes in Neanderthal morphology through the analysis of their inner ear structures, known as the bony labyrinth. The research ...

Researchers used a novel method of radiocarbon dating to figure out the age of the Lapedo child, who had both Neanderthal and ...