Now, an ambitious Microsoft-funded project at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is studying the neural activity ...

Study of rotting human cadavers hints that a puzzling chemical marker in Neanderthal remains could be from eating the larvae.

Maggot-infested meat likely provided Neanderthals and even some modern-day humans with a rich source of fat and nitrogen.

It has been claimed Neanderthals ate a huge amount of meat based on isotope ratios in their bones – but the explanation could ...

A chemical signature in Neanderthal remains that suggests voracious meat eating has long puzzled researchers. Now, new ...

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

Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed ...

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

Neanderthal genes may explain why some people have Chiari malformation type I, a condition in which the brain bulges out of the back of the skull.

According to new CT scans and models, parts of the 140,000-year-old skull resemble those of modern humans, while the jaw appears to be more similar to those of our extinct relatives ...