Researchers insert a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal variant of the GLI3 gene into mice, altering their bone structure without ...

No, modern humans weren’t the first to craft pointed weapons using bones. Neanderthals were already doing it thousands of ...

Maba 1 was considered a ‘Chinese Neanderthal’ for their resemblance manifested in the facial area. However, this study did ...

Maba 1] is well-known for the Neanderthal-like face, while its neurocranium shows affinities with many hominin taxa, which ...

Maba 1 also suffered trauma before death, but the specific cause of the trauma remains unknown.

New Homo erectus skull fossils found undersea reveal migration across ancient Sundaland, suggesting cultural exchange and advanced hunting in prehistoric Southeast Asia ...

Scientists have discovered a hidden city at the bottom of the ocean which they believe may be the first physical evidence of ...

Referred to as the Des-Cubierta Cave, the site is the only Neanderthal dwelling known to contain a stash of skulls. What’s ...

Scientists confirm the first known Neanderthal-human hybrid child, buried 28,000 years ago. DNA and rituals reveal two ...

(Some Neanderthal bones—including a female skull—had been found decades earlier, but weren’t properly identified until later.) Neanderthals may have adapted to cold climates. A Neanderthal ...

The child's survival to age 6 may be due to altruism within the community. Fossils from the skull of a Neanderthal child that likely had Down syndrome shed light into the collaborative and ...

“Neanderthal skulls have huge brow ridges and lack chins, with a projecting midface that results in more prominent noses. But the recreated face suggests those differences were not so stark in ...