The Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives, and they continue to fascinate as we peer back through tens of thousands ...

Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones ...

Roughly 50,000 years ago, two species of humans met in the shadow of Eurasian ice sheets. One, Homo sapiens, had just ...

Sketches offer glimpse into Neanderthals' lives in Gibraltar 03:57. ... It's possible that when a female Neanderthal found a mate, she would leave home to live with his family.

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 ...

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Set on a rocky outcrop in southern Siberia, Chagyrskaya Cave might not look like much. But for one family of Neanderthals, it was home. For the first time, researchers have identified a set of ...

The remains were found in Mandrin cave, which is known to have been home to both Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens over time. The Neanderthal, dubbed Thorin in reference to the dwarf in J.R.R. Tolkien ...

Neanderthals separated from the rest of the human lineage about half a million years ago. They spread out of Africa and across Eurasia, arriving about 440,000 years ago.

After they interbred with Neanderthals and Denisovans, some of their descendants inherited body-clock genes better suited to their new homes. All of these conclusions, however, stem from a ...