Roughly 125,000 years ago, Neanderthals gathered near a lake to extract the grease contained within animal bones. To do so, ...

The enzyme AMPD1 plays a key role in muscle energy production and normal muscular function. Loss of AMPD1 activity due to ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered astounding evidence of a 125,000-year-old "fat factory" run by Neanderthals. A new ...

A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest multifunctional tool of its kind. This Ice Age “Swiss Army ...

Significant brain defects known as Chiari malformations could be down the genes some of us have inherited from Neanderthals, ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

What we eat helps shape who we are. That’s why paleoanthropologists are so fascinated by ancient diets; they hold clues to ...

A 140,000-year-old hybrid child's skull found in Israel shows traits of both Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, rewriting the ...

Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones ...

Neanderthals who lived 130,000 years ago crafted their tools from the bones of one of their deadliest predators.

A new study shows evidence of Neanderthal “fat factories” dating back as far as 125,000 years ago. The study found ...