Neanderthal Skeleton Discovery Changes What We Know About Human Evolution. Published May 11, 2023 at 10:59 AM EDT Updated May 11, 2023 at 2:14 PM EDT. By .

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, suggesting she was a hybrid, according to a new study. However, not everyone ...

A child’s skeleton buried 41,000 years ago and evidence of funerary behavior could shed light on the cognitive abilities and social customs of Neanderthals, according to a recent study. CNN ...

In 1929, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old skeleton of a young girl in Skhūl Cave. The researchers believed her ...

Shown at left is the skull of Altamura Man, a Neanderthal who died in a cave in southern Italy at least 130,000 years ago. His skeleton is covered in calcite mineral deposits.

Researchers have described the first "articulated" remains of a Neanderthal to be discovered in a decade. An articulated skeleton is one where the bones are still arranged in their original ...

The remains of a middle-aged person unearthed in a cave in northern Iraq comprise the first perfectly arranged set of Neanderthal bones discovered in more than 20 years, archaeologists say. Deep in… ...

Feb. 18 (UPI) --Scientists have recovered a fully articulated Neanderthal skeleton, the first in 20 years, from the "flower burial" site at Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.

European skeleton had Neanderthal ancestor less than 200 years earlier But its population didn't give rise to any group in Europe that we've looked at.

A Neanderthal fossil, left, and a modern human skeleton. Neanderthals have commonly be considered to show high incidences of trauma compared with modern humans, but a new study reveals that head ...

Is burying the dead a practice unique to Homo sapiens? Or did other early humans such as Neanderthals lay their loved ones to rest under the earth? It’s a topic of long-standing debate among ...