Belgian cave analysis shows Neanderthal cannibalism involving nonlocal women and children who were killed and eaten 45,000 ...

The most complete Neanderthal skull ever examined has given researchers something they have never had before: a virtually ...

Human remains found inside a Belgian cave tell a grisly story of selective cannibalism among our hominid cousins.

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

This week we learned that the Neanderthal/Denisovan/Human family tree is pretty complicated, thanks to a close look into some ...

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

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

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

Republicans in Congress are trying to remove protections for gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act and block courts ...

For thousands of years, Europeans had dark skin. New DNA reveals that pale skin only became common in Europe just 3,000 years ...

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

An exceptionally preserved Neanderthal skull suggests that their nasal passages were not specialized cold weather equipment.