For decades, Neanderthals were thought to be our less sophisticated cousins who communicated through basic sounds and simple ...

Western dislike of eating insects may be linked to ancient geography, genetics, and long-term diet patterns, not just culture ...

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2026 archaeological and anthropological field research season, Habibbeyli noted that ...

The findings come from a forensic analysis of dental plaque from early humans, dating back up to 33,000 years. The post ...

New research suggests that Neanderthal brains developed differently from modern human brains in a subtle but important way.

In recent years, human population growth, coupled with the climate crisis, environmental pressures, and current production ...

Neanderthals may have been far more like us than once believed. A new review of genetic, archaeological, and fossil evidence ...

Based on Coll Macià's upper-bound generation interval of about 30 years, there have been at least 10,000 generations of ...

Up to 94% of Neanderthals suffered at least one traumatic injury in their lifetime. How did their healthcare keep up?

That’s because the archeologists suspected that Neanderthals once used rhino teeth as tools. By using the teeth to make stone ...

As a result, ancient humans in Europe and the colder parts of Asia lacked the capacity to stomach insects. This ability ...

Learn how ancient dental plaque, Neanderthal comparisons, and chitin-digestion genes show that Europeans rarely ate insects ...