The first complete genetic portrait of a so‑called “last Neanderthal” is forcing scientists to redraw the map of our origins, ...

Two weeks’ walk can be an eternity in prehistory. In southern France’s Rhône Valley, a Neanderthal by the name of “Thorin” ...

How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists ...

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time. Despite its proximity to other groups of ...

Learn more about the diseases Neanderthals endured and how their weakened immune system and encounters with humans made them ...

Neanderthals are usually seen as brutish and primitive, but research now suggests our ancestors kissed often - and even with ...

The bones discovered at Goyet represent the largest assemblage of cannibalized Neanderthal remains in northern Europe. Nearly one-third of the 101 skeletal fragments bear unmistakable signs of ...

A study led by Oxford University argues that kissing evolved in the common ancestors of humans and apes, and that our extinct ...

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In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the ...