One of the earliest known human burials unearthed in Skhul Cave was a cross between modern humans and Neanderthals with an ...

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

New research reveals that gene flow from Neanderthals has left a lasting imprint on modern human genomes. Non-African ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

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

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

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

Human and Neanderthal Evolution Like 'Game of Thrones,' Scientists Say. Published Jun 19, 2014 at 3:02 PM EDT Updated Feb 20, 2016 at 11:15 AM EST.

STOCKHOLM — Swedish scientist Svante Paabo won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for unlocking secrets hidden in Neanderthal DNA that helped us understand what makes humans unique compared with ...

Neanderthals had a taste for fat, and they worked hard to get it. Long before humans built cities or invented writing, these ...

A new study suggests that modern humans and our closest relatives the Neanderthals may have split at least 800,000 years ago, hundreds of thousands of years earlier than had been thought.