We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern ...

Neanderthals have had a tough time of it. Early humans played a role in their extinction, but the story didn’t end there.

Neanderthals created certain types of tools, named Mousterian after a Neanderthal site in France. This type of tool was invented 160,000 years ago and largely disappeared by 40,000 years ago ...

Neanderthals created certain types of tools, named Mousterian after a Neanderthal site in France. This type of tool was invented 160,000 years ago and largely disappeared by 40,000 years ago across ...

They did interbreed, which left traces of Neanderthal DNA in our genome. Discover More Amazing Facts About Human Origins: A version of this story was published in 2013; it has been updated for 2024.

An Open Day organised by the Portimão Museum will allow history buffs to discover archaeological remains in the Gruta da ...

The comet has not been seen since neanderthal times, and its spectacular colour and large appearance in the sky means that ...

In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the ...

A new DNA analysis of a Neanderthal nicknamed Thorin is making experts rethink what they know about early humans. In 2015, researchers discovered the remains of the short-statured Thorin in a cave ...