The expression of symbolic behavior, such as drawing, dates back to Paleolithic societies. Alongside modern humans (Homo ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

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

Archaeological evidence makes a compelling case for Neanderthal-created fires 400,000 years ago in Suffolk, UK — plus, how ...

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

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

Humans likely harvested their first flames from wildfire. When they learned to make it themselves, it changed everything.

A Neanderthal skull that was crushed to bits 75,000 years ago has been pieced back together and used to recreate the face of a wise-looking archaic woman with dark, flowing hair. Archaeologists ...

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

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

Long before romance, ceremonies, or social media narratives, Neanderthal relationships were shaped almost entirely by ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...