Simulations suggest Neanderthals were on the brink of extinction by the time our ancestors arrived on the Iberian Peninsula. Discover more about the findings.

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 ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

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

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

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Turns out we have a lot more in common with Neanderthals than we thought. In a stunning breakthrough, researchers at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have mapped the ...

Palaeolithic humans living on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar were a creative bunch to say the least, and were ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 1993, researchers exploring a cave in southern Italy found a sinkhole leading to a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel was a ...

A Harvard geneticist discussed cloning Neanderthals, but experts find hang-ups. Jan. 22, 2013— -- A Harvard geneticist has raised eyebrows by declaring that scientists could make a Neanderthal ...