The Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives, and they continue to fascinate as we peer back through tens of thousands ...

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as ...

Grease is the word – at least, it was for Neanderthals living in what is now Germany some 125,000 years ago. New research ...

The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

The fingerprint, discovered on a painted pebble in a Spanish cave, represents the oldest known evidence of Neanderthal ...

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.

The carver was almost certainly a Neanderthal, based on the bone’s radiocarbon-dated age, because no one but Neanderthals lived in Europe until around 45,000 years ago.

Scientists reveal the face of Neanderthal woman 75K years after she died: "High stakes 3D jigsaw puzzle" 00:55 A British team of archaeologists on Thursday revealed the reconstructed face of a ...

India’s complex ancestry—intertwined with Iranian farmers, Steppe herders, and local hunter-gatherers—has now been decoded through genomic data from 2,762 people. The study uncovers surprising levels ...

The earliest Neanderthal-like fossils are about 430,000 years old, but major parts of the Neanderthal origin story remain unclear. Altamura Man's skull might change that.

A double-barreled comparison of ancient Neanderthal DNA with hundreds of modern-day genomes suggests that many of us have Neanderthal skin and hair traits — but other parts of the Neanderthal ...