New research has uncovered an extraordinary discovery that challenges our understanding of early human evolution. A young ...

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 ...

A "truly extraordinary" Neanderthal skeleton covered in "cave popcorn" is shedding new light on some of the mysteries of human evolution. Known as the "Altamura Man," it is one of the best ...

What is a Neanderthal? At first glance, fossilized Neanderthal bones seem human-like. But a closer look reveals the characteristics that differentiate our ancient ancestors from modern Homo ...

From 200,000 years ago, and especially from 120,000 years ago, the anatomical characteristics of Neanderthals—those that can be seen in the bones—started to become much more evident.

The face of a 75,000-year-old neanderthal woman was ... Cambridge in England painstakingly pieced together 200 parts of the cave woman’s smashed skull to recreate her facial features, ...

A 2016 study by Vanderbilt University researchers linked one length of Neanderthal DNA to a higher risk of nicotine addiction. Getty Images. Here’s a look at the characteristics, from smoking to ...

This is Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal woman whose face was re-created by archaeologists at England’s University of Cambridge.Reimagining her facial features, rather than just the skull itself, the ...

Archaeologists in China’s Yunnan province unearthed stone tools crafted in a style associated with Neanderthals that hasn’t previously been found in East Asia, study says.

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 ...

Archaeologists in China’s Yunnan province unearthed stone tools crafted in a style associated with Neanderthals that hasn’t previously been found in East Asia, study says.

Scientists Found a Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Who Lived Long After His People Went Extinct The ‘Lapedo Boy’ was found in 1998, but we only now figured out when he lived. By Tim Newcomb Published ...