Explore the fascinating world of Neanderthals and their ability to survive in extreme conditions. New findings challenge ...

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A team of paleoanthropologists and geneticists from Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES has found evidence of what may have ...

Human populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood ...

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Almost two centuries after the first Neanderthal was discovered, we are still learning a great deal about our ancient ...

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...

A 6-year-old’s beach find turns out to be a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal hand axe, now displayed in Worthing Museum.

Standing proud in the Museum's Human Evolution gallery are two of the most scientifically accurate reconstructions that exist of a Neanderthal and early modern human. Find out how these lifelike ...

Neanderthal blood protein differences linked to health risks Rare RhD type incompatible with other hominid blood types Genetic incompatibilities may explain Neanderthal extinction ...

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 ...

Almost two centuries after the first Neanderthal was discovered, we are still learning a great deal about our ancient relatives. Neanderthals weren't the cave-dwelling, knuckle-dragging brutes ...