The oldest-known hominin track sites found in southwest Europe provide clues to the hunting patterns of Neanderthals. Experts believe that along with eating plenty of plants, the ancient population ...

Eventually, the villager spotted something unexpected—the nearly complete cranium of an unknown, ancient hominin protruding ...

A palaeontology dig - believed to be the biggest in the country, with more than 200 volunteers - has uncovered mammoth skulls ...

This prehistoric species remained independent of the Neanderthal lineage in Europe, maintaining a close relationship with ...

Science in Poland reports that archaeologists have uncovered a site in the Mazovia region that they believe served as a ...

A Neanderthal AMPD1 variant still present in some Europeans lowers muscle efficiency and may hinder elite athletic ability.

The skeleton, belonging to a five-year-old child found 90 years ago in Israel’s Skhul Cave, dates back about 140,000 years.

What if I told you that a part of you isn't entirely human as we know it? Thanks to groundbreaking genetic research, we now ...

We’re all a little Neanderthal. That’s the conclusion of a study that used a new statistical technique to revise estimates of the degree to which modern humans have retained Neanderthal DNA.

The Neanderthal was unearthed at a cave known as "Grotte Mandrin" in southern France's Rhône Valley. The 2015 find has been reported in scientific literature for the first time, in a study ...

Neanderthal arts and crafts Whatever you call the geometric design, carving it would have taken planning, effort, and a good supply of small, sharp flint blades.

The Neanderthal genome project has helped scientists understand one of our closest relatives. Short-bodied and brutishly strong, Neanderthals were well-adapted for hardship and colder climates.