Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones ...

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

Grease is the word – at least, it was for Neanderthals living in what is now Germany some 125,000 years ago. New research ...

Previous estimates for the interbreeding period ranged widely, from 54,000 to 41,000 years ago. This study narrowed it to around 47,000 years ago, providing a clearer picture of when modern humans ...

A space physicist has suggested that a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic poles may have wiped out the Neanderthals.

A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, the time period during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans ...

Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday.. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time period, which ...

The site, first excavated more than a decade ago, preserves evidence of Neanderthal occupation for at least 40,000 years, including a period known as MIS 4, which lasted from around 71,000 to ...

Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern genomes have long prompted questions about interspecies mating. Two studies shed light on when that occurred — and when ancient humans left Africa.

In addition to confirming the time period of interbreeding, the paper shows that “the majority of selection, positive and negative, on Neanderthal ancestry happened very quickly after the gene ...