Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered because it carries features from both humans and Neanderthals. AP When the humanlike child ...

They didn’t hunch over. The stereotype of the slouching Neanderthal persists, but it’s far more likely their posture was ...

“Neanderthals were not less intelligent than ... brutish conception that had already existed and applied it to their posture. And so of course that is significant. It did partially shape how ...

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 ...