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Neanderthal remains were first described in 1864, and scientific interpretations of their behavior and appearance have ...

The Late Neanderthals of Europe who were studied here lived between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago. The researchers analyzed the ...

"Our knowledge of the interaction between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals has got more complex in the last few years, but it's ...

A recent article published and widely read in Science revealed that Neanderthal men preferred “Sapiens” women, but it fails ...

Scientists reveal the genetic mutation that forever changed the final chapter of the Neanderthals' history in Europe.

Genome analysis reveals that Neanderthals lived on the brink of extinction for 350,000 years in small populations.

Birch bark pitch. (Jorre/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0) Relatives of modern humans may have created and used a sticky ...

An analysis of Neanderthal DNA has helped piece together the story of many millennia of hard times that finally led to the demise of our ancient human relatives. Faced with a cooling climate, their ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: For example, in 2015, paleoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak made a remarkable discovery at Grotte Mandrin, a cave in Rhône Valley, France. He and his ...

In 1948, a group of amateurs led by a local headmaster in Lehringen, Germany, uncovered the skeleton of a straight-tusked ...

A new analysis of ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from Neanderthal fossils suggests researchers may need to revisit when ...