Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, the researchers have uncovered a history of genetic intermingling that reveals a ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Research shows some African populations have almost no Neanderthal DNA, while those from European or Asian backgrounds have 1 ...

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern ...

The mystery around one of the last Neanderthals Tens of thousands of years ago, a Neanderthal nicknamed Thorin lived in southeastern France, not long before his species went extinct. His remains ...

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. One group ...

An Open Day organised by the Portimão Museum will allow history buffs to discover archaeological remains in the Gruta da ...

In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

Scientists found new clues about one of the last living Neanderthals. By sequencing the DNA from one of the Neanderthal's teeth, they discovered a completely new lineage. The DNA indicates recent ...

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. One group ...

Neanderthals created certain types of tools, named Mousterian after a Neanderthal site in France. This type of tool was invented 160,000 years ago and largely disappeared by 40,000 years ago ...