Study Reveals Neanderthals Had a Good Sea Food Diet of Sharks, Dolphins and Seals Groundbreaking research showed that ...

While new studies have reinforced the idea of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens admixture in Europe, the picture in South Asia ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Neanderthals are basically cousins to modern homo sapiens, evolutionarily speaking. Despite that fact, however, most people ...

Two studies came to a similar conclusion, highlighting a single, sustained event of mixing DNA. The findings could impact our ...

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in ...

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Neanderthals lived in Europe, so they had to protect their bodies from frostbite and other cold-related problems. Although no frozen caveman clothing has ever been discovered, archaeologists think ...

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when exactly this DNA mixing occurred. Such a revelation could help ...

Long ago, early humans shared the earth with several archaic human species, including Neanderthals and Denisovans. These species, were bipedal and close relatives of modern humans. They lived in ...

Previous research suggests Neanderthals had stockier torsos and larger respiratory systems, potentially adaptations for thermoregulation or high-protein diets. Previous studies on Neanderthal ...

Our species is defined by a long list of cultural and genetic traits that set us apart from our ancient counterparts.