Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: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, led ...

Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

Human remains found inside a Belgian cave tell a grisly story of selective cannibalism among our hominid cousins.

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

The discovery of ancient human cousins has long stirred wonder and debate. Early Neanderthal remains offered a glimpse into our distant past, prompting questions about how they lived and whether they ...

Neanderthals left behind various clues about their enigmatic lives. But less is known about their spiritual sides. Some ...

A new study from Oxford University shows that humans and Neanderthals most likely kissed each other back in the distant past.

A new study analyzes the nasal cavity of the "Altamura Man," a Neanderthal who died between 130,000 and 172,000 years ago ...

For years, researchers analyzing traumatic injuries found on Neanderthal fossils believed they had lived dangerous, violent lives. But a new study reveals that early modern humans and Neanderthals ...

Learn more about the diseases Neanderthals endured and how their weakened immune system and encounters with humans made them more susceptible to infection.

On the slopes of Mount Carmel in northern Israel, a small skull has changed the story of human history. Buried in Skhul Cave roughly 140,000 years ago, the remains of a five-year-old child show that ...

Extinct relatives of modern humans, like Neanderthals and Homo erectus, that lived in the Levant around 120,000 years ago, ...