Though pop culture depicts neanderthals as brutish, club-wielding, pelt-wearing fellows, it was not actually known if they were indeed hunters and therefore meat-eaters.

Neanderthals evolved around 300,000 years ago, long before modern humans appeared on the scene. ... painting a picture of beings far more complex than the club-wielding cavemen of popular culture.

Neanderthals may have enjoyed collecting tchotchkes—just like us Marine fossils found in a cave suggest our ancestors liked amassing objects just because. By Andrew Paul ...

High in the Caucasus Mountains, buried beneath the cold floor of a limestone cave, archaeologists have found something small, sharp, and quietly revolutionary. It is just about 9 centimeters long (3.5 ...

A Neanderthal skeleton on display in 2018 at the Musee de l'Homme in Paris. Researchers extracted DNA from bones found in Russia to learn more about how their communities were organized.

Later, Neanderthal artisans broke the bone and reused it for crafting flint tools—a process known as retouching. While the multitool’s additional uses remain unknown, the team argues it offers ...

It’s also evidence that Neanderthals figured out how to shape bone into smooth, aerodynamic projectiles on their own, without needing to copy those upstart Homo sapiens.

A new study suggests Neanderthals formed small, tightknit communities where females may have traveled to move in with their mates. The research used genetic sleuthing to offer a rare snapshot of ...

Two recent studies of Neanderthal archaeological sites (one on the coast of Portugal and one in central Germany) demonstrate yet again that our extinct cousins were smarter and more adaptable than ...

The earliest Neanderthal-like fossils are about 430,000 years old, but major parts of the Neanderthal origin story remain unclear. Altamura Man's skull might change that.

The oldest known Neanderthal engravings have been identified by researchers from a cave in France, a study has found. The markings can be found on a wall in La Roche-Cotard cave, located in the ...

A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest multifunctional tool of its kind. This Ice Age “Swiss Army knife” wasn’t crafted by early Homo sapiens, however.Instead, the ...