A team of anthropologists recently examined a collection of fossil hominin jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae that belong to ...

This cave was probably a death trap. Nearly 800,000 years ago, carnivores dragged prey into a hollow carved into coastal rock ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

Here are 10 major Neanderthal findings from 2025 — and what they teach us about our own evolution. The hottest — but also ...

Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before vanishing forever.

Every time you look in the mirror, you are seeing the legacy of an extinct cousin. A small but influential fraction of your ...

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 ...

But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...

"You know, this image of Neanderthals being brutes, is not quite accurate," says paleogenticist Laurits Skov. "The more we learn about them, the... Genetic sequencing gives us the first-ever look at a ...

Sixty thousand years ago, two groups of Neanderthals lived just a stone’s throw apart in what’s now northern Israel. But they had very different cultures when it came to food, according to a recent ...

Some of the genetic variations in human DNA that have been linked to quick clotting or depression or diabetes lie within or near the genetic... Science Seeks Clues To Human Health In Neanderthal DNA ...

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