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In evolutionary terms, the human population has rocketed in seconds. The news that it has now reached 8 billion seems inexplicable when you think about our history. For 99% of the last million years ...

A new paper says genes from our extinct Neanderthal ancestors may contribute to some people being “early risers,” due to breeding between archaic humans like Neanderthals and ancestors of modern ...

Researchers dissect the Neanderthal-derived region on chromosome 3 that drives severe COVID-19 to zero in on the key causal variants. “From an evolutionary perspective, this work provides a beautiful ...

Many people have a tiny slice of Neanderthal DNA, evidence of interbreeding between the species and ancient human ancestors. Two new studies suggest that interbreeding occurred during a limited period ...

An international study led by researchers from Tel Aviv University and the French National Center for Scientific Research provides the first scientific evidence that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens had ...

Neanderthals could talk, but they likely couldn't use or understand metaphors, which compare two unlike things, research suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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Evidence of Neanderthals who practiced cannibalism has been discovered in a cave in northeastern Spain. The finding comes as researchers announced Friday the discovery of Neanderthal remains dated to ...

Neanderthals living 125,000 years ago in what is now modern-day Germany may have extracted and eaten fat from animal bones through an organized food preparation process that scientists describe as a ...

Neanderthals had a voracious appetite for meat. They hunted big game and chowed down on woolly mammoth steak as they huddled around a fire. Or so thought many archaeologists who study the Stone Age.

New research suggests that maggots may be the secret ingredient responsible for extremely high nitrogen values found in Neanderthal remains. People who study Neanderthals have often wondered about ...