When Neanderthals dominated Europe, it was likely that wood was at least as important to them as stone for working into tools ...

In a Science Advances study published today, scientists report the first comprehensive analysis of wooden Neanderthal tools ...

A new study from the University of Michigan has reignited a long-standing debate surrounding the mysterious extinction of Neanderthals, suggesting that astrophysical phenomena played a crucial role.

Workers cleared a German cave in 1856 and tossed out strange bones. Later studies show why those scraps changed science.

Due to the accelerating pace of AI development, Neanderthal de-extinction may become technically possible within years.

The traditional Neanderthal stereotype might be that of a club-wielding caveman, but they actually had some pretty sophisticated technology. Our archaic cousins fashioned all manner of delicate ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don't know much about who got with whom, or why. A new ...

Neanderthals might be famous for their use of sophisticated stone tools, but new evidence suggests that they were also ...

The basic outline of the interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals is now well established. The two came in contact as modern humans began their major expansion out of Africa, which occurred ...

Most people have some amount of Neanderthal DNA from the extinct cousins of modern humans who lived in Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago. New research on available Neanderthal genetic ...

Every human face is unique, allowing us to distinguish between individuals. We know little about how facial features are encoded in our DNA, but we may be able to learn more about how our faces ...