Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to some of the big questions about their existence and supposed disappearance.

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared many similarities. But Neanderthals disappeared, while Homo sapiens evolved into modern ...

As such, he named the Neanderthal Thorin after the Tolkien character. “Thorin in the Hobbit is one of the last dwarf kings under the mountain and the last of its lineage,” Slimak told the website ...

Some cosmic events could have profoundly altered the lives of our ancient human relatives. Did Neanderthals go extinct, at ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to some of the big questions about their existence and supposed disappearance.

Neanderthals had short, stocky bodies and prominent brow ridges. They were capable tool makers and extremely skilled hunters.

New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest ...

Weak magnetic fields once exposed humans to radiation. People adapted with shelter, clothing, and mineral protection. Our ...

Who were the Neanderthals, what were their lives like, why did they go extinct, and what legacy did they leave behind? In this video, Shara Bailey, Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of ...

New genetic techniques are shedding light on a mysterious part of our family tree—ancient human relatives called the ...

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...