We’ve learned so much about Neanderthals in the past year. We have to be living through some kind of Neanderthal knowledge ...

An international study of infant remains from 50,000–75,000 years ago has provided new evidence about the developmental ...

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NEW YORK — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don’t know much about who got with whom, or why. A new genetic ...

A new genetic analysis offers some ancient gossip: The pairings were more often female humans with male Neanderthals. How exactly this happened remains a huge question mark. Did human women venture ...

A tiny set of ancient genetic “switches” may have played a surprisingly large role in making human language possible.

A new study has revealed new insights into the mating patterns and preferences of early humans. The study, published in the journal Science on Feb. 26, found that when Neanderthals and early humans ...

The RINO project was born from the discovery of unusual marks on rhinoceros teeth recovered from the prehistoric Payre site ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

A tiny portion of the human genome may have had a surprisingly large impact on our ability to develop language. New research ...

CNN — If you were to greet a Neanderthal with a handshake, it might feel a little awkward. The digits of the Stone Age people, who went extinct about 40,000 years ago, were much chunkier than ours.