A 45,000-year-old Neanderthal bone found in Crimea shows ancient humans traveled thousands of miles, linking Europe and ...

For much of the 20th century, Neanderthals were cast as primitive hunters—robust, spear-wielding hominins whose survival ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...

Ochre artefacts found in Crimea show signs of having been used for drawing, adding to evidence that Neanderthals used ...

A tiny bone from Starosele Cave, Crimea, has yielded ancient DNA showing it belonged to a Neanderthal dubbed “Star 1”.

Researchers discovered Neanderthal DNA at a site in Crimea, revealing genetic and cultural links to Asian populations.

Researchers have long been attempting to piece together the trek of Neanderthals from Europe into Asia around the Middle and ...

A fatal genetic incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans may have hastened the extinction of our ancient ...

They detected clear chemical signatures in these remains, which indicated that lead exposure for these species dated back to ...

DNA and stone tool comparisons suggest Eastern European Neandertals trekked 3,000 kilometers to Siberia, where they left a genetic and cultural mark.

When scientists sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they learned that Neanderthals interbred with human ancestors ...