A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s ...

What an older Neanderthal man might have looked like ... So, continued research will help paint a clearer picture of Neanderthal life and extinction. Artistic reconstruction of a Neanderthal.

Since the naming of “Neanderthal Man” after the discovery of a skull cap with protruding brow ridges in Prussia in 1856, the species (or subspecies) has had a bad rap as a foil and lesser ...

Thorin was the name given to a Neanderthal specimen found amongst a small group of Neanderthals that lived between 42,000 years and 52,000 years ago in the Grotte Mandrin, a cave located in southern ...

With DNA sequencing technology developing we have found a different picture of the History of Ancient Man. Also a 175,000 year old cave has been discovered in France, that holds a Neanderthal made ...

Researchers from the University of Washington excavating a site in China have found Neanderthal tools dating back almost 55,000 years. Their findings were published March 31 in Proceedings of the ...

Recent discoveries provide new insights into why Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000 years ago. Specifically, a study ...

Additionally, ancient humans may have ramped up their use of ochre. This naturally occurring pigment is composed of iron ...

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