Recent fossil analysis is reshaping our understanding of Neanderthal origins, questioning long-held assumptions about their ...

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

More than just mere cavemen, our Stone Age kin exhibited intelligence in surprising ways, making them more human than ...

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...

An analysis of the semicircular canals in Neanderthal ears reveals evidence of a 'bottleneck' event, leading to a reduction ...

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared ...

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

However, Martinón-Torres said the morphology of the skull fossil found in 2022 didn’t match up with the features of Homo ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The ...

After four failed attempts, scientists have at last dated the skeleton of a possible human-Neanderthal hybrid found in ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday.