For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their ...

Life demanded attention to every detail—tracking, hunting, crafting, and planning. These folks adapted naturally, relying on ...

The Nobel Prize winner in Medicine is investigating genetic changes that could have given our species a competitive advantage ...

In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the ...

The Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives, and they continue to fascinate as we peer back through tens of thousands of years of history. In a new discovery about this mysterious yet often ...

Neanderthals weren’t brutish cavemen—they were skilled, social, and deeply human. This documentary explores how they lived, what they left behind, and why they disappeared.

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a ...

Genes inherited from Neandertals increase the risk of developing Dupuytren's disease, which is very common in parts of Europe ...

A team of archaeologists has announced a major finding relating to the Neanderthals. They announced the finding in the journal Science Advances. The scientists announced that they had discovered a ...