A new study published in L’Anthropologie is shedding light on a remarkable discovery from Skhul Cave in Israel. Researchers ...

The discovery of ancient human cousins has long stirred wonder and debate. Early Neanderthal remains offered a glimpse into our distant past, prompting questions about how they lived and whether they ...

Just before the first COVID lockdown in March 2020, Carlos Neto de Carvalho and his wife, Yilu Zhang, were walking along ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

When modern humans first migrated out of Africa about 60,000 years ago, they crossed paths with Neanderthals. Over thousands ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

The site, Tinshemet Cave, contains remarkably preserved remains of early humans, carefully arranged and with what are likely ...

This evidence poses the question of why current human populations are predominantly descended from the latest “out of Africa” ...

In 1929, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old skeleton of a young girl in Skhūl Cave. The researchers believed her ...

The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, ...

Recent research suggests that some of these genetic variants inherited from Neanderthals could be linked to autism spectrum ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces with broad noses and massive cheekbones — features often described as ...