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

A fossilized skeleton of a five-year-old child discovered in a prehistoric cave about 90 years ago in the then British-ruled Palestine, has pushed back the timeline for human-Neanderthal interbreeding ...

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 ...

An AI-reconstructed image, created at Tel Aviv University, shows a mixed Neanderthal-Homo Sapiens family. The image is based on research conducted by an Israeli-French team on a prehistoric child's ...

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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 ...