Schinderhannes is a nickname for Johannes Bückler, a criminal who was born sometime in 1779 in Germany, to a family of ...

Discovered in 1998, the skeleton of the Lapedo child, a hybrid between modern humans and Neanderthals, has long intrigued ...

The Lapedo child, discovered in Portugal in 1998, has fascinated scientists for over two decades. This enigmatic skeleton, ...

Discoveries in Tinshemet Cave reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than originally thought.

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific dating of the famed ...

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around ... of years after when the latter went extinct. The ochre-stained skeleton of the roughly 4- or 5-year-old child—experts believe the body was wrapped ...

Based on the worn molars, the team concluded that "Pink" was an adult. But because so little of the skeleton remains, they were unable to figure out if the individual was male or female. Future ...

The skeleton was particularly striking because it displayed features of both Neanderthals and humans. An expert analysis suggested that some characteristics of the skeleton, such as its proportions ...

“One thing I can say for sure, the skeleton is not a Neanderthal,” said Hershkovitz. So far, the archaeologists have identified five burials at Tinshemet. Still, they expect to find several ...

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around ... of years after when the latter went extinct. The ochre-stained skeleton of the roughly 4- or 5-year-old child—experts believe the body was wrapped ...

The ochre-stained skeleton of the roughly 4- or 5-year-old child—experts believe the body was wrapped in a painted animal skin for burial in the Lagar Velho rock shelter—when found “exhibited a mosaic ...