For generations, the Neanderthal brain was shrouded in mystery, dismissed as primitive compared to our own. Yet, archaeological discoveries are painting a radically different portrait ...

Archaeologists have concluded that a series of engravings discovered on a cave wall in France were made by Neanderthals using their fingers, some 57,000 years ago. They could be the oldest such ...

Scientists have uncovered for the first time the remains of a closely related Neanderthal clan, including a family — a father and his daughter — in a Russian cave, offering a rare window into ...

People have been fascinated by Neanderthals ever since we discovered their bones in a German cave in the mid-19th century.

Finger markings discovered inside a cave in France are “organised and intentional” and were likely made by Neanderthals more than 57,000 years ago, scientists have said. Thought to be the ...

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Languages: English, Spanish A "truly extraordinary" Neanderthal skeleton covered in "cave popcorn" is shedding new light on some of the mysteries of human evolution. Known as the "Altamura Man ...

A new study sheds light on how Neanderthals built clans of their own. Neanderthals are distant cousins of humans that lived between 430,000 and 40,000 years ago. They get a bad rap as cave ...

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 ...

The face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman has been recreated by a team of archeologists from the University of Cambridge after they excavated her body in 2018. The rare discovery of the ...

The child's survival to age 6 may be due to altruism within the community. Fossils from the skull of a Neanderthal child that likely had Down syndrome shed light into the collaborative and ...