Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

Fragments of the left side of the skull of a human relative have been discovered in Spain, revealing the face of the oldest ...

This archaic human had been thought to be the earliest known inhabitant of Western Europe, predating the Neanderthals, who ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

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

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

Life appearance reconstruction of a Neanderthal male at the Natural History Museum of London. (Credit: Photo: Allan Henderson under CC BY 2.0) Ears are incredible things. They help us process sound ...

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