Clues from studies of ancient plants and animals have helped archaeologists pin down where the last Neanderthals found refuge ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

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A team of anthropologists recently examined a collection of fossil hominin jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae that belong to ...

Here are 10 major Neanderthal findings from 2025 — and what they teach us about our own evolution. The hottest — but also ...

But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...

Cotard, a small limestone cave that has been hidden for tens of thousands of years. The Loire Valley is famous for its ...

Researchers looked into the Gorham's cave complex and found evidence of 100,000 years of activity associated with ...

In 1993, researchers exploring a cave in southern Italy found a sinkhole leading to a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel was a ...

S ome groups of European Neanderthals may have lost the ability to make fire during the colder periods of their existence. As ...

Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...