The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

An analysis of the semicircular canals in Neanderthal ears reveals evidence of a 'bottleneck' event, leading to a reduction ...

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...

Scientists examining an ancient cave have made a discovery about humanity's history that dates back some 110,000 years.

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic ...

However, new findings published in Nature Communications may shake up this commonly-held belief, and the analysis of Neanderthal ears shows there may have been great genetic loss during this ...

A team of archaeologists has discovered some evidence of Neanderthal habitation during their recent survey conducted in ...

While interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals is documented in ... offer a more concrete context for Lapedo Child’s time period, as well as the Paleolithic community that buried ...