The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

A Cal State Northridge anthropologist and an international team of researchers have found that a lack of genetic diversity ...

Going by the headlines, the matter seems to be settled. El País announces that Neanderthal men "chose" sapiens women. Science ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic ...

The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals originated. Columnist ...

Further analysis of the genetic similarity showed that Neanderthals in the Altai region likely lived in groups of fewer than ...

For tens of thousands of years, two species — Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans — shared vast landscapes. Occasionally, they crossed paths, and when they did, they left traces of their ...

Scientists have found that Neanderthals in Northern Europe practised cannibalism, targeting individuals from rival groups, ...

DNA study reveals Neanderthals who lived 10,000 years apart in Siberia were closely related, offering new insight into their ...

A cave in Belgium has revealed unsettling evidence that Neandertals selectively cannibalized outsiders, focusing on women and children. The victims weren’t from the local group and appear to have been ...

Genome analysis reveals that Neanderthals lived on the brink of extinction for 350,000 years in small populations.

Neanderthal remains were first described in 1864, and scientific interpretations of their behavior and appearance have ...