A fossilized Neanderthal discovered in a cave system in the Rhône Valley, France, represents an ancient and previously ...

Compared with the gregarious nature of modern humans, Neanderthal communities appear to have been surprisingly insular, according to past research, keeping to themselves more often than not.

Researchers have described the first "articulated" remains of a Neanderthal to be discovered in a decade. An articulated skeleton is one where the bones are still arranged in their original positions.

Because of how different his DNA was from Neanderthals closer to his age, the researchers realized that Thorin must have belonged to a completely new Neanderthal lineage. They estimated his ...

The scientists have named the newly discovered lineage the "Nesher Ramla Homo ... The general picture of Neanderthal evolution had in the past been linked closely with Europe.

Judging from fossil evidence from Sima de los Huesos in northern Spain and Swanscombe in Kent, the Neanderthal lineage was already well-established in Europe by 400,000 years ago. The species ranged ...

The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on Earth. But ask 10 ...

This week, a billionaire made a spacewalk, archaeologists found a new, isolated Neanderthal lineage and the James Webb Space Telescope revealed the extreme outskirts of the Milky Way.

Over the next several years, the team, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the Neanderthal’s remains and began to analyze its genome. Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the ...

Palaeoanthropologist describes the main features of the female Shanidar Z Neanderthal skull. Palaeo-anthropologist Dr Emma Pomeroy describes the main features of Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal skull ...

Judging from fossil evidence from Sima de los Huesos in northern Spain and Swanscombe in Kent, the Neanderthal lineage was already well-established in Europe by 400,000 years ago. The species ranged ...