For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, ...

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known multifunctional tool made from cave lion bone, shedding new light on ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

The researchers used modern CT scanning techniques to get a new and detailed look, suggesting that the child might be a ...

Neanderthals who lived 130,000 years ago crafted their tools from the bones of one of their deadliest predators.

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

An articulated Neanderthal skeleton that was discovered during an excavation at the famous Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.