Neanderthals got dealt a pretty bad hand by the anthropologists at the time of their discovery. Many people even in modern ...

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the likely origin of a neurological condition estimated to impact up to one per ...

Iceman may have come to an unfortunate end while crossing the Alps more than 5,000 years ago, but thanks to his ...

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

Yet the Scladina multitool is the first known lion bone turned into a tool. It means Neanderthals not only handled lions, but ...

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the likely origin of a ...

A child's skull, almost 140,000 years old, was found in Israel. Researchers believe it shows interbreeding between modern ...

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

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

Ancient footprints found near the shores of Portugal's Algarve region are giving us fresh insights into the lives of ...

Animal footprints were also uncovered, including from deer, which suggests that Neanderthals used the area for hunting.

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