Unearthing the secrets of our ancient ancestors, researchers have recently discovered 78,000-year-old footprints left by a Neanderthal man, child, and toddler on a beach in Portugal. These footprints, ...

Ancient footprints found near the shores of Portugal's Algarve region are giving us fresh insights into the lives of coastal-dwelling Neanderthals. An international study led by Carlos Neto de ...

Using a fossil from a site in Croatia, he and his colleagues are trying to derive much longer Neanderthal DNA sequences—not just the DNA that runs the mitochondria, but the DNA that is responsible for ...

A skull abnormality that squeezes the lower brain, often causing headaches and other neurological problems, might be part of our genetic inheritance from Neanderthals. People with Chiari malformations ...

The history and demise of Neanderthals 40,000 years ago have always been an intriguing topic for researchers. They were cohabitants of the world along with modern humans at one point. However, as time ...

Neanderthal ex machina -- Mummies and molecules -- Amplifying the past -- Dinosaurs in the lab -- Human frustrations -- A Croatian connection -- A new home -- Multiregional controversies -- Nuclear ...

A newly examined Neanderthal skull, once thought to confirm cold-climate adaptations, has challenged a century-old assumption ...

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Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

The bones were discovered at two caves in the 1990s, but scientists recently revisited them to take a closer look at the cut marks. Anaëlle Jallon Neanderthals living at caves less than 45 miles apart ...