Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted ...

How can two Neanderthal communities live within ten days’ walk and still remain strangers for 50,000 years? In the Rhone Valley, the rock shelter of Grotte Mandrin, there is a partial set of ...

For a long time, the Neanderthals were regarded as functional, survival-minded humans who possessed the capabilities of ...

When Neanderthals in Italy were crossing the Alps, it's likely they took refuge in high-altitude bear caves. A new study of ...

The Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives, and they continue to fascinate as we peer back through tens of thousands of years of history. In a new discovery about this mysterious yet often ...

Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be carrying as much as 2% of the ...

Neanderthals painted on cave walls in Spain 65,000 years ago – tens of thousands of years before modern humans arrived, say researchers ...

Today, thanks to new artifacts and technologies, findings about our closest relatives are coming thick and fast Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine Neanderthals have ...

To read about tools found in the Swiss Alps that hunter-gatherers made more than 8,000 years ago, go to " Alpine Crystal Hunters ." ...

Scientists analyzed ochre tools from Ukraine and Crimea, revealing Neanderthals shaped them with artistic intent. Modified ochre fragments show signs of grinding, scoring, and deliberate design, ...

A Harvard geneticist discussed cloning Neanderthals, but experts find hang-ups. Jan. 22, 2013— -- A Harvard geneticist has raised eyebrows by declaring that scientists could make a Neanderthal ...