A recently uncovered archaeological site has yielded a set of "surprising" insights into the lives of Neanderthals during a poorly known period of their history. The latest findings, published in the ...

Researchers propose migration and social behaviors may explain this pattern in early human-Neanderthal interactions Modern humans of European and Asian ancestry still carry up to 2% Neanderthal DNA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo provided by Tel Aviv University shows a reconstructed skull of a child, which dates back some 140,000 years, ...

In recent years, there have been numerous studies that compare anatomically modern humans – our direct ancestors – to other ...

NEW YORK -- 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 ...

New evidence shows Neanderthals may have hunted giant elephants, pointing to advanced planning, teamwork, and hunting ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

In 1948, a group of amateurs led by a local headmaster in Lehringen, Germany, uncovered the skeleton of a straight-tusked ...

Neanderthal remains recently discovered in a cave in France support well-known theory of why the Neanderthals became extinct, researchers behind a new study say. Neanderthal remains recently ...