Genetic analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton from southern France has reshaped the story of how Europe’s last Neanderthals lived and died. The individual, nicknamed “Thorin,” belonged to a previously ...

Neanderthals survived from roughly 400,000 to 40,000 years ago, when they mysteriously disappeared. Mike Kemp / In Pictures / Getty Images Neanderthals lived successfully across Eurasia for hundreds ...

Miners in Germany's Neander Valley unearthed peculiar bones in 1856, revealing evidence of a distinct human type. This discovery challenged prevailing beliefs about human uniqueness, proving ...

A new study suggests Neanderthals didn’t go extinct simply because of climate change or competition with Homo sapiens. Instead, the key difference may have been social connectivity—Homo sapiens formed ...

Our ancestors lived alongside Neanderthals for nearly 200,000 years, often interbreeding with them. But could they understand ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. It’s early January and south-west Britain is painfully ...

While the Neanderthals died out some 40,000 years ago, their genetic footprint lives on. When early modern humans migrated out of Africa and encountered them, interbreeding occurred. As a result, ...