When scientists sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they learned that Neanderthals interbred with human ancestors before mysteriously going extinct. As a result, many people alive today share up ...

A chamber sealed off from the world for roughly 40,000 years has been pried open on the edge of Europe, and with it a rare, ...

The discovery of ancient human cousins has long stirred wonder and debate. Early Neanderthal remains offered a glimpse into our distant past, prompting questions about how they lived and whether they ...

High above the Loire River in central France lies La Roche-Cotard, a small limestone cave that has been hidden for tens of thousands of years. The Loire Valley is famous for its vineyards and grand ...

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They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins continued to make news. By Franz Lidz Neanderthals, who flourished across ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Far from wiping out Neanderthals overnight, modern humans rubbed along with their shorter and stockier cousins for thousands of years, giving plenty of time for the two groups to ...

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For years, researchers analyzing traumatic injuries found on Neanderthal fossils believed they had lived dangerous, violent lives. But a new study reveals that early modern humans and Neanderthals ...

Neanderthals living just 70 kilometers apart in Israel may have had different food prep customs, according to new research on butchered animal bones. These subtle variations — like how meat was cut ...

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