Modern humans and Neanderthals shared a common ancestor, lived side by side in parts of Eurasia, and even had children ...

Our faces don’t just distinguish us from other people, but other species as well. Neanderthals bore stout jaws and broad ...

A new study analyzes the nasal cavity of the "Altamura Man," a Neanderthal who died between 130,000 and 172,000 years ago ...

A chilling discovery in Belgium’s Goyet Caves reveals that 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals practiced cannibalism, specifically ...

An exceptionally preserved Neanderthal skull suggests that their nasal passages were not specialized cold weather equipment.

Human remains found inside a Belgian cave tell a grisly story of selective cannibalism among our hominid cousins.

New genetic research shows that DNA and archaeological evidence align with the "long chronology" of the peopling of Australia.

With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a ...

Without space to roam, the world’s biggest land animals do not thrive — so what should happen to those in Europe’s zoos? One ...

On an expedition in the Awash Valley in Ethiopia, two anthropologists uncovered the bones of a 3.2 million-year-old human ...