An international study of infant remains from 50,000–75,000 years ago has provided new evidence about the developmental trajectory of our evolutionary "cousins," Neanderthals. University of Queensland ...

Long before agriculture, humans were transforming Europe’s wild landscapes. Advanced simulations show that hunting and fire use by Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers reshaped forests and ...

Some of the last surviving Neanderthals of north-western Europe may have lived in genetically diverse, well-connected groups, hinting that inbreeding wasn’t a major cause of their extinction about ...

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A tiny set of ancient genetic “switches” may have played a surprisingly large role in making human language possible. Researchers found that these DNA regions, which act like volume controls for genes ...

They weren’t monsters with clubs. Neanderthals painted caves, made tools, and buried their dead with care. They were human—until the day their world ended. Donors misled into giving to Trump group ...