A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Discoveries from the genomes of the last Neanderthals are rewriting the story of how our own species came to replace them ...

Like a treasure hunter with an oddity from some distant land, Adrie Kennis squints curiously at his model of an ancient woman ...

"Some Neanderthal populations died out, some got massacred, some interacted [with humans] and some only exchanged ideas." — ...

Braving the cold weather in Northern Europe required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and a facility for making fire. But did they wear clothes? Indirect evidence suggests that Neanderthals ...

Paintings, books and eyewitness accounts have ... a rock shelter in France’s Rhône Valley in 2015 could explain why Neanderthals disappeared from the face of Earth 40,000 years ago.

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Compared with the gregarious nature of modern humans, Neanderthal communities appear to have been surprisingly insular, according to past research, keeping to themselves more often than not. One group ...

Your support makes all the difference. A comet that was last viewed by the Neanderthals tens of thousands of years ago could be seen tonight, with astronomers calling it the “comet of the ...

Neanderthals and Humans Lived Side by Side ... should seek answers hidden in the dirt using proven and state-of-the-art archaeological science techniques to support new discoveries about human ...

With its 80,000-year orbit, the celestial body would have been last seen from Earth at the time of the Neanderthals. Those looking to catch a glimpse of the once-in-a-lifetime event will want to ...

Your support makes all the difference. A comet that was last visible from Earth when Neanderthals were alive could be spotted with the naked eye this weekend, scientists have said. Comet A3 ...