Neanderthals were intelligent, strong, and skilled early humans. From tool-making to burial rituals, discover 10 fascinating facts about our extinct relatives and their lasting legacy.

The legendary robbers Schinderhannes and Schwarzer Jonas were executed by guillotine in Mainz in 1803. In 1805, the first ...

Neanderthal population, a species that thrived in Eurasia for over 250,000 years, experienced a dramatic decline in genetic diversity around 110,000 years ago. Recent studies indicate that this ...

The study, published yesterday (11 March), is revolutionary in that the findings include overwhelming evidence that Neanderthals and people in the region not only coexisted but also shared aspects ...

A cutting-edge radiocarbon dating technique has successfully dated a skeleton that combines features of modern humans and Neanderthals from over 27,000 years ago. Dubbed the “Lapedo Child” after its ...

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology ...

At the same time, neighboring tribes of archaic hominids – including some that were more Neanderthal-like in appearance – adopted similar customs, all of which suggests that these prehistoric ...

By analyzing stone tools, hunting methods, symbolic practices and social structures, the researchers have concluded that Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens didn’t just grudgingly share territory – ...

Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered because it carries features from both humans and Neanderthals. The child’s remains were ...