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

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 ...

Maggots on rotting meat may have given Neandertals’ a fatty, nitrogen-rich boost, a study of their bones suggests.

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

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

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 ...