Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

A controversial new study published on November 14, 2025, challenges the long-held belief that Neanderthals disappeared due ...

Unearthing the secrets of our ancient ancestors, researchers have recently discovered 78,000-year-old footprints left by a ...

Neanderthals may not have truly gone extinct, according to a new mathematical model that suggests they underwent genetic ...

Conceptually, it’s a bit like mixing two dyes in a bucket. The bucket holds the genetics of the population, Neanderthals are ...

Ever wanted to smell like a circus? Or maybe a Neanderthal? How about ocean moss? New to downtown Easton, The Whiff Shop, the ...

New Neanderthal footprints discovered on the Algarve coast in Portugal provide a rare opportunity to explore the daily lives of these ancient people. This was reported on November 13 in the journal ...

Footprints preserved on ancient dunes show Neanderthals actively navigating, hunting, and living along Portugal’s coastline.

Neanderthals, the ancient group of archaic humans didn't experience a 'true extinction', scientists in Italy and Switzerland ...

Just a few Neanderthal DNA tweaks boosted facial gene activity, revealing how ancient genetics still shape human faces today.

Each human and Neanderthal genome contains around three billion DNA letters, which makes it extremely difficult to identify ...

Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some ...