For more than a century, Neanderthals have been cast as a vanished side branch of the human family tree, a brief encounter in ...

The findings, based on the analysis of human fossils in a Moroccan cave dating back nearly 800,000 years possibly shift the focus from Europe back to the African continent. The fossils, mainly ...

For a long time, the Neanderthals were regarded as functional, survival-minded humans who possessed the capabilities of ...

A new study on Neanderthals reveals the startling discovery of a group that lived in complete isolation for 50,000 years, ...

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A recent genetic study has revealed a direct link between Neanderthal ancestry and heightened pain sensitivity in certain modern human populations. Published in Communications Biology, the research ...

One of three jawbones excavated from Thomas Quarry in Morocco. Credit: Hamza Mehimdate/Programme Préhistoire de Casablanca. This cave was probably a death trap. Nearly 800,000 years ago, carnivores ...

The ability to make fire on demand has long been seen as a turning point in our evolutionary story. It unlocked benefits like cooking food, staying warm, and protection from predators. For thousands ...

Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex predators like lions – feasting on big animals such as mammoths or bison.

Anthropologists have spent centuries piecing together the story of human history. For every fascinating detail they unearth, there are others that are rather, uh, unsavory. A new analysis of human ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Neanderthals have received a necessary historical revision over ...

Copious evidence from the fossil record, spread across time and geography, shows that neanderthals ate each other. Scientists have discovered neanderthal bones that bear the same marks of butchery as ...