The researchers used modern CT scanning techniques to get a new and detailed look, suggesting that the child might be a ...

The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, suggesting she was a hybrid, according to a new study. However, not everyone ...

For the past 40,000 years, Homo sapiens have been the only human species on Earth. Our ancestors, including the Neanderthals ...

Neanderthal skeletons look notably different from those of modern humans, and yet genetic evidence shows that the two interbred, indicating they could be members of the same species.

Neanderthals’ social isolation may have sped up their extinction The remains of a 45,000 year old nicknamed Thorin was uncovered in a French cave system. Laura Baisas Sep 11, 2024 11:00 AM EDT ...

A team of researchers used a flattened skull of a female Neanderthal who lived some 75,000 years ago to reconstruct the woman’s likeness, providing an uncannily vision of her appearance in life.

Modern human DNA found in Neanderthal genomes offers clues to how our archaic ancestors disappeared, according to a new study.

An exploratory study shows how the facial structure of prehistoric and modern skulls could link humans back to neanderthal roots.

The face of a Neanderthal woman has been reconstructed, revealing her appearance about 75,000 years after she died. The bones of the female were excavated in 2018 from a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.