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 ...

As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." DNA study leads researchers to pin humanity’s low pain thresholds on Neanderthals. The team believes that ...

High above the Loire River in central France lies La Roche-Cotard, a small limestone cave that has been hidden for tens of thousands of years. The Loire Valley is famous for its vineyards and grand ...

Tucked away under limestone cliffs in Gibraltar, a cave that dates back around 40,000 years has led to fascinating discoveries rewriting Neanderthals' history. Gorham’s Cave, as well as three others, ...

An international research team has identified the earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens traits. The skeleton, belonging to a five-year-old child found 90 years ago in Israel’s ...

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 ...