As if Neanderthals weren’t already mysterious enough, groundbreaking research adds a startling new layer to our understanding ...

A new study on Neanderthals reveals the startling discovery of a group that lived in complete isolation for 50,000 years, ...

Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be carrying as much as 2% of the ...

Learn about a new mathematical model that suggests Neanderthals never went extinct and, instead, became modern humans. For decades, Neanderthals have been cast as the supporting characters in our ...

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 ...

Neanderthal extinction Neanderthals may have become extinct in Europe some ten thousand years earlier than scientists currently think, a new radiocarbon dating study suggests. Over the past 20 years, ...

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Park] New research suggests that Neanderthals, who disappeared about 40,000 years ago, went extinct not due to competition or conflict with the ancestors of modern humans ...

Exhibition of a diorama about Neanderthals in the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, American Museum of Natural History. Credit: American Museum of Natural History A new study proposes ...

Dispariția Omului de Neanderthal, privită la nivelul geologic al trecerii timpului, este o anomalie. Și nu, nu a fost explicată până în prezent. Cel puțin cu o variantă care să poată răspunde tuturor ...

Scientists have long speculated what caused the downfall of the Neanderthals, but a new study suggests they never truly went extinct at all. Scientists in Italy and Switzerland claim the ancient group ...