Some 120,000 years ago, in the dry, rugged hills of the Levant, something extraordinary began to happen. Deep inside caves, ...

It’s been some 40,000 years since the last Homo neanderthalensis, or Neanderthals, disappeared from sight. Our closest human relative, the Neanderthal continues to fascinate scientists and the ...

Among extant genes known to have originated among Denisovans are sequences common in Tibetan populations that help the body ...

However, Neanderthals tended to bury their dead deeper in caves, whereas H. sapiens were buried in cave entrances or rock ...

A study published in L'Anthropologie by Professor Ella Been from Ono Academic College and Dr. Omry Barzilai from the ...

indicating that Neanderthals exploited marine resources when they had the opportunity (Stringer et al. 2008). Aurignacian: An early Upper Paleolithic archaeological culture found throughout Europe ...

A resurgence of interest in our ancient relatives is captivating audiences worldwide, and a German museum is at the forefront ...

Bones of cave animals and traces of a Neanderthal settlement believed to be the oldest in Slovenia have been found in a karst ...

For Pettitt, this suggests that as Neanderthals and humans lived alongside each other in Europe, there's a good chance they shared a culture or learned from observing each other. If they spoke ...