Neanderthal

In 1857, the German anatomist Hermann Schaaffhausen analyzed a human fossil with "an extraordinary form" that he had never seen before – not in "existing European stocks", he wrote, or "even in the most barbarous races."The curious…

The discovery pushes estimates of advanced resource collection thousands of years earlier than previously thought. Turns out, the assembly line has much older roots than Henry Ford‘s 1913 production floor. The findings come from the…

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don't know much about who got with whom, or why.A new genetic analysis offers some…

A human skull hung on a cave wall in northern Greece for more than 300,000 years. When a villager spotted it in 1960, cemented in place by mineral deposits, it launched a scientific mystery that would outlast most of its original…

AI depiction of an isolated Neanderthal. As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding of their final days. It appears some populations lived…

This week, research into the evolutionary origins of kissing has revealed that our ancient ancestors were smooching around 21 million years ago, new footage may be the first evidence of wild wolves using tools, and 14,400-year-old paw…

This week, research into the evolutionary origins of kissing has revealed that our ancient ancestors were smooching around 21 million years ago, new footage may be the first evidence of wild wolves using tools, and 14,400-year-old paw…

A digital analysis of the perfectly preserved nose bones on a bizarre-looking Neanderthal skull reveals that a long-standing theory about Neanderthal noses doesn't pass the sniff test.The skull comes from the "Altamura Man," one of the…

A child’s skeleton, found nearly a century ago in Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel in Israel, has taken on new meaning after a modern re-analysis. A fresh look at the skull and jaw, dated to roughly 140,000 years ago, suggests that the remains…

Today, only one kind of human exists – the homo sapiens.But about 60,000 years ago we went head-to-head – and even had sex with – another species, called the Neanderthals. This ancient relative had large noses, strong double-arched brow…