A new study analyzes the nasal cavity of the "Altamura Man," a Neanderthal who died between 130,000 and 172,000 years ago ...

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

Forty-one millennia ago, deep inside a Belgian cave, Neanderthals left behind a disturbing legacy. Mixed in with the ...

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

Neanderthals left behind various clues about their enigmatic lives. But less is known about their spiritual sides. Some ...

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

A tiny Crimean bone links Neanderthals to Siberia, revealing long-distance networks shaped by shifting climates and migration ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

Neanderthals were cannibals. Copious evidence from the fossil record, spread across time and geography, shows that ...

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

Evidence from a prehistoric cave system indicates non-ritualistic cannibalism of Neanderthal women and children.

A long-standing debate in paleontology about whether the distinctive Neanderthal nose evolved purely for the cold weather may ...