Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

In a study published Monday in the Journal of Human Evolution, a research team ... cell activity throughout the lifetime of modern humans, Neanderthals, and chimpanzees by comparing the skulls ...

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

For years, human evolution was thought to be a straightforward progression from Homo erectus to Neanderthals and eventually to modern humans. However, genetic evidence now confirms that modern ...

"Compared to Neanderthals ... adolescence in humans. "Identifying key developmental changes allows us to understand how species-specific traits emerged throughout human evolution," says Schuh.

The exact mechanisms behind the differences in facial features between Neanderthals and modern humans are still not fully understood. This gap in knowledge has inspired researchers from the Max Planck ...

Researchers took teeth from eight different groups and analyzed them as they believe the evolution of tooth shape takes place slowly.

Modern humans have uniquely small and flat faces, especially compared with our Neanderthal cousins' notoriously ... in the Journal of Human Evolution, Schuh and colleagues analyzed the midface ...

Artefacts unearthed in Yunnan province display key features of toolmaking technology associated with Neanderthals much ...

In a study published Monday (March 24) in the Journal of Human Evolution ... that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have smaller faces ...

Archaeologists previously assumed that East Asia did not see considerable tool development during the Middle Paleolithic, but new findings might change that widely held idea ...

Difference between humans, chimpanzees and Neanderthals: In humans ... changes allows us to understand how species-specific traits emerged throughout human evolution", says Schuh. These results ...