Every time you look in the mirror, you are seeing the legacy of an extinct cousin. A small but influential fraction of your ...

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Here are 10 major Neanderthal findings from 2025 — and what they teach us about our own evolution. The hottest — but also ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

Archaeologists have uncovered intriguing similarities between the behavior of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, one of our closest extinct relatives. In a study published in the Journal of Archaeological ...

Footprints preserved on ancient dunes show Neanderthals actively navigating, hunting, and living along Portugal’s coastline. Their behavior and diet suggest a far more adaptable and socially complex ...

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Scientists have uncovered the world s earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens features: a five-year-old child from Israel s Skhul Cave dating back 140,000 years. This discovery ...

A fossil Neanderthal named for a Tolkien character indicates that geographically close groups of the ancient humans didn't mess with each other. Reading time 2 minutes A Neanderthal dubbed Thorin just ...