A new study analyzes the nasal cavity of the "Altamura Man," a Neanderthal who died between 130,000 and 172,000 years ago ...

Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

Recent archaeological findings have unveiled a remarkable aspect of Neanderthal life, shedding new light on their ...

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time. Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed “Thorin ...

This peaceful German valley is where the first Neanderthal was discovered and identified as a separate species.

The first complete genetic portrait of a so‑called “last Neanderthal” is forcing scientists to redraw the map of our origins, from who we met to how we survived. Instead of a simple story of ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

Neanderthals were cannibals. Copious evidence from the fossil record, spread across time and geography, shows that ...

A new study from Oxford University shows that humans and Neanderthals most likely kissed each other back in the distant past.

Human remains found inside a Belgian cave tell a grisly story of selective cannibalism among our hominid cousins.

Belgian cave analysis shows Neanderthal cannibalism involving nonlocal women and children who were killed and eaten 45,000 ...