Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

A new investigation of ancient horned animal skulls found in Spain's Des-Cubierta Cave deepens the mystery of when and why ...

The results were grossly inaccurate, stemming from AI pulling its information from outdated stereotypes in lieu of paywalled ...

A new study suggests preeclampsia, a deadly pregnancy disorder, may have contributed to Neanderthal extinction.

AI recreates Neanderthals with ancient stereotypes and revives scientific errors of the past in its current digital images.

The French paleoanthropologist discusses his book ‘The Last Neanderthal,’ and provides clues about his latest discovery: ‘It’s possible that other, completely unknown human populations existed’ ...

Neanderthal males had a tendency to mate with human females, new research suggests.

Neanderthals appear to have carried them into the cave in separate visits. The time period, researchers think, is possibly ...

Stone tools excavated decades ago from Poland’s Jaskinia Wielka Cave were reexamined during new fieldwork in 2016–2018.

A new radiocarbon reassessment has established that the so-called Lapedo child from central Portugal was buried approximately ...