Scientists explore the mystery of Neanderthal extinction. A new theory links their disappearance to the Laschamp event. This ...

It is true that sewing needles have not been definitively linked to Neanderthals. The first needles documented in Eurasia are ...

Could cosmic radiation from a magnetic pole shift explain Neanderthal extinction? A new study from the University of Michigan ...

The Robberg is one of southern Africa's most distinctive and widespread stone tool technologies. Robberg tools—which we found ...

Neanderthals aren’t typically thought of as great artisans or crafters, though they did make some pretty impressive weapons and other tools. In the past, the general consensus was that the ...

Many scientists now consider Neanderthals capable of symbolic thought. Their tool sets varied across regions, and some shaped pigments into lumps or used them for body decoration. Although modern ...

With minimal Neanderthal archaeological sites connecting Eastern Europe and Eurasia, it had long been a mystery as to how Neanderthals traveled between the two regions between 120,000 years and 60,000 ...

Recent scholarship has concluded that Neanderthals made a second major migration from Eastern Europe to Central and Eastern Eurasia between 120,000 and 60,000 years ago. But the routes they took ...

The authorities said a soldier was assaulted with a hammer as the men tried to steal gear from a military base in Washington State. The theft led investigators to a house full of contraband.

Matthias Vogel In 1994 an incredible set of spears and other weapons were found on the site of Schoningen in Germany. These weapons were studied at the time and experts suggested that they were around ...

The team’s method estimated that the life expectancy for Neanderthals was 37.8 years, and the same for another extinct member of the Homo family tree: Homo denisova, better known as the Denisovans.