I have spent years covering discoveries that nudge our origin story around the edges, but the sequencing of DNA from one of the very last Neanderthals does something different: it rewrites the center ...

65,000-year-old Neanderthal ‘tar factory’ found in Gibraltar cave A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Vanguard Cave, ...

Tucked away under limestone cliffs in Gibraltar, a cave that dates back around 40,000 years has led to fascinating ...

The discovery rewrites the history of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. In a new study published in the journal l’Anthropologie, scientists have identified the earliest-known ...

Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that Neanderthals repeatedly deposited horned animal skulls in a Spanish cave over thousands of years, suggesting a culturally transmitted ritual ...

Cutting-edge genetics research reveals a startling legacy embedded in our DNA.

Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

In a new study published in the journal l'Anthropologie, scientists have identified the earliest-known example of human interbreeding with Neanderthals. It offers stunning new insight into the ancient ...