Researchers have long tried to unravel the mystery of 35 horned skulls found in a cave in central Spain. These fossilized remains, left by Neanderthals, belong to aurochs, deer, and…

An international team of scientists has studied one of the most crucial tools in the hunting kit of the Neanderthals. But Neanderthals used the tool not for hunting; they used…

Neanderthals started painting cave walls long before Homo sapiens—at least 64,000 years ago, and possibly earlier. Just a century ago, scientists found it hard to believe that Homo sapiens during…

For years, scientists have wondered why Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) disappeared. A new study led by Andrea Amadei at the University of Rome Tor Vergata argues that Neanderthals never truly went…

For years, a stereotype has dominated the scientific community, suggesting that our distant relatives, the Neanderthals, who went extinct about 30,000 years ago, subsisted solely on meat. This theory was…

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem suggests Neanderthals cooked in a surprising variety of ways. Analysis of animal bones from two northern Israel caves showed that different…

A new study of a rare rock shelter in the Spanish Pyrenees reveals surprising insights into how Neanderthals lived before modern humans arrived in Western Europe. Researchers at the Australian…

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens behaved differently in many ways. But both groups organized their living spaces — a trait once thought to belong only to Homo sapiens, Sci.News reports. To…

We can’t listen to Neanderthals, but the bones they left behind give hints about how they talked. Neanderthals clearly mated with one another. What we can’t know for sure is…

Researchers say genes we inherited from Neanderthals influence whether people wake up early and go to bed early — a trait that helps in places with short winter days. This…

Neanderthals and modern humans shared a long, fascinating history. The presence of Neanderthal DNA in the genomes of living people shows those populations were closely connected. Some scientists even argue…