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

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

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

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

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

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

Archaeologists in central Israel are excavating one of the world’s oldest known burial sites, dating back 100,000 years ...

Facial reconstructions of the prehistoric humans Homo floresiensis (left), Homo erectus (middle) and a Neanderthal (right) that are part of an upcoming five-part documentary series called "Human." ...

Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child CT scans hint at hybridization, but it will take extracting and analyzing a DNA sample to be certain.

When folks picture Neanderthals, the image often involves heavy brows, furry pelts, and stone tools. Yet pieces of their DNA are still part of the modern human genome. Recent research suggests that ...