Recent fossil analysis is reshaping our understanding of Neanderthal origins, questioning long-held assumptions about their ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big clues to the causes of their demise.

“Most of the hominins that we see during this period of time are hybrids ,” study author Professor Yossi Zaidner told ...

The new approach to radiocarbon dating could soon be applied to other Paleolithic human sites, improving our understanding of ...

A cutting-edge radiocarbon technique has provided the most precise date yet for the Lapedo Child, a prehistoric skeleton with ...

Tinshemet Cave in Israel shows that homo sapiens and Neanderthals interacted and exchanged more profoundly than previously understood.

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...

Gravettian culture is largely associated with the use of ochre — an earth pigment obtained ... Achieving reliable dates for these sites could help archaeologists understand the full extent of ...

For decades, we've thought of our Neanderthal cousins as brutish, primitive beings. Second-class humans driven extinct by their own fallibility and stupidity. But as we are fast learning ...

A primary goal of the research team is to determine the nature of Homo sapiens–Neanderthal relationships in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant. Were they rivals competing for resources ...

Did you know that almost everyone outside of Africa has around 2% Neanderthal DNA in their genomes? Video by Pierangelo Pirak. The actor reveals his rituals with his famous father-in-law ...