This period is also associated with the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa and the evolution of archaic humans like Neanderthals and Denisovans. Researchers discovered a distinctive Quina stone ...

For decades, we've thought of our Neanderthal cousins as brutish, primitive beings. Second-class humans driven extinct by their own fallibility and stupidity. But as we are fast learning ...

Neanderthals, in particular, showed strong activity in areas around the nose and cheeks that pushed the midface outward — consistent with earlier studies suggesting their facial form may have ...

The Levant region of the Middle East has long been recognized as a mixing pot of early humans and Neanderthals, some local and some on their way to and from other geographical regions. The many ...

Also, my nose starts gushing blood at one point. I just went out in a hot mess. So the crying really didn't stop because once I got to Ponderosa and I saw Thomas — immediate tears. It was a ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

CeeDee Lamb is going to keep his nose clean from now on. The NFL made a change to celebration rules this week, and that included banning the "nose wipe" gesture, which Lamb has been known to do ...

Immediately upon entering the league Lamb started doing a unique "nose wipe" celebration, and has carried it as his signature celebration over the last several seasons, making four straight Pro Bowls ...

A Neanderthal skill (left) and a modern human skull (right). © Philipp Gunz, License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 While closely related, Neanderthals and modern humans split ...

Modern humans have uniquely small and flat faces, especially compared with our Neanderthal cousins' notoriously robust faces and large noses, but the reason for this difference has eluded ...

The NFL is adding the "nose wipe" celebration to its list of actions that will result in a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, the league informed teams this week, per ESPN's Benjamin Solak.

The "nose wipe" or "wipe your nose" celly will now result in a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. The league announced the rule change to ban "violent gestures" from being used on the field.