In 1998, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of a child in Portugal’s Lapedo Valley. When the team took a closer ...

Neanderthal fossils show a major population drop 110,000 years ago. Researchers link this to reduced genetic diversity.

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...

A recent study compared features of Neanderthals' inner ears across space and time to extrapolate what happened to them tens of thousands of years ago.

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.

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...

Conde-Valverde, co-author of the study, said, "By including fossils from a wide geographical and temporal range, we were able to capture a comprehensive picture of Neanderthal evolution.

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals ... With every element returning the similar date range, ...

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

Researchers used a novel method of radiocarbon dating to figure out the age of the Lapedo child, who had both Neanderthal and ...

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around ... With every element returning the similar date range, researchers believe they found more information about the burial process, which could have ...