Paradigm-shattering discovery reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than ...

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By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

Modern humans and Neanderthals are classified as separate species. According to biologists, they shouldn’t have been able to breed. But they did. We know this because many of us have some Neanderthal ...

Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than you may realize.

Life appearance reconstruction of a Neanderthal male at the Natural History Museum of London. Credit: Allan Henderson, under CC BY 2.0 New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated ...

C. G. Seligman, in the chair, a paper by Sir Arthur Keith on “The Discovery of Neanderthal Man in Malta, with an account of the Survey of the Cave in which the evidence was found (Ghar Dalam ...

Scientists set out to explore the impact of covering every rooftop on Earth with solar panels.Their research found that swapping traditional energy sources for rooftop solar could actually cool the ...

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The discovery, published in Nature Human Behaviour, pointed to co-existence between Neanderthals, archaic humans, and modern Homo sapiens. The cave, located in the town of Shoham, is rich in ...

They were groups of archaic Neanderthal-like Homo, Neanderthals and Homo sapiens. “These groups interacted and developed a homogeneous culture, including in their hunting techniques and tool ...

A team’s investigation of ancient human burials in Israel’s Tinshemet Cave has revealed evidence that Homo sapiens and our nearest cousins, the Neanderthals, intermingled in ancient times ...