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

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

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

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific dating of the famed ...

Old Neanderthal Fossil Found in a Shallow Cave Reveals Earliest Evidence of Bone Tumor The fight against cancer has long been labeled as a modern battle, a disease deeply mingled with pollutants, ...

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

The new approach to radiocarbon dating could soon be applied to other Paleolithic human sites, improving our understanding of ...

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

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered ...

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

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered to between 27,700 and ...