When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

In Eastern Europe, archaeologists uncovered circular accumulations of mammoth bones dating back 44,000 years. Found at the site of Molodova I in Ukraine, these structures were created by Neanderthals ...

A newly examined Neanderthal skull, once thought to confirm cold-climate adaptations, has challenged a century-old assumption ...

Researchers say they found 400,000-year-old evidence of a hearth and tools at what used to be pond site where Neanderthals ...

The hearth was situated close to a natural water source where these early humans are thought to have set up camp.

A pilot study from Bournemouth University found six regulatory DNA variants – some inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans ...

Scientists trace the origins of human kissing back over 20 million years to ancient apes who first showed gentle ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

The earliest known evidence of human fire-making has been discovered in the UK dating back over 400,000, in a new ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new study based on analyses of the genomes of 28 people who lived between 10,200 ...

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