Neanderthals painted on cave walls in Spain 65,000 years ago – tens of thousands of years before modern humans arrived, say researchers ...

Neanderthals, an early species of human, interbred with the ancestors of modern Europeans more often and more recently than previously thought, a study published Monday in Nature found. The research ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

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 ...

Lab-grown brainlike organoids altered with an ancient gene began to look and behave differently. The experiments help show how the human brain has... 'Minibrains' With A Neanderthal Gene Offer Hints ...

A chamber sealed off from the world for roughly 40,000 years has been pried open on the edge of Europe, and with it a rare, ...

In the recent study on pain, researchers investigated three variations in the SCN9A gene, and reported greater pain ...

For decades, the disappearance of Neanderthals has been explained through dramatic stories of sudden extinction. Some theories suggested they were hunted, others that they starved when climates ...

Clues from studies of ancient plants and animals have helped archaeologists pin down where the last Neanderthals found refuge ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

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 ...

Fossils offer a detailed record of early human skulls but not the brains inside them. So researchers have been using genetic material taken from those fossils to search for clues about how the human ...