Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, the researchers have uncovered a history of genetic intermingling that reveals a ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Research shows some African populations have almost no Neanderthal DNA, while those from European or Asian backgrounds have 1 ...

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern ...

Neanderthals have had a tough time of it. Early humans played a role in their extinction, but the story didn’t end there.

Scientists found new clues about one of the last living Neanderthals. By sequencing the DNA from one of the Neanderthal's teeth, they discovered a completely new lineage. The DNA indicates recent ...

Compared with the gregarious nature of modern humans, Neanderthal communities appear to have been surprisingly insular, according to past research, keeping to themselves more often than not. One group ...

Scientists studying the remains of a Neanderthal found in France said Wednesday that these human relatives were socially isolated from each other for tens of thousands of years, which could have ...

A clue lies in how much harder it was to grow up as a Neanderthal kid, suggests a recent study in the journal Scientific Reports.

An Open Day organised by the Portimão Museum will allow history buffs to discover archaeological remains in the Gruta da ...

Neanderthals created certain types of tools, named Mousterian after a Neanderthal site in France. This type of tool was invented 160,000 years ago and largely disappeared by 40,000 years ago ...