A new study finds tiny Neanderthal DNA differences shaped their powerful jaws, revealing how small genetic changes influence ...

Along the southwestern coast of Portugal, fossilized footprints preserved in ancient dunes provide a rare glimpse into ...

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

A study scanned genomes from over 450,000 people to find individuals who carry rare archaic versions of DNA changes once ...

Study on skull of Altamura Man could be blow to adaptation theories about Neanderthals and their extinction ...

Researchers excavating an ancient Neanderthal site in southern England found evidence not just of a hearth, but of its ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

A study shows Neanderthals made first fire in Britain 400,000 years ago, pushing back the timeline of controlled fire use by ...

"We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. And this has huge implications, pushing back ...

Learn more about how researchers can take evidence from the past to better shape our idea of what Neanderthals looked like.

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