How can two Neanderthal communities live within ten days’ walk and still remain strangers for 50,000 years? In the Rhone Valley, the rock shelter of Grotte Mandrin, there is a partial set of ...

New analysis of tools found in an Alpine cave suggests Neanderthals weren't just making tools wherever they happened to be - ...

For a long time, the Neanderthals were regarded as functional, survival-minded humans who possessed the capabilities of ...

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

When Neanderthals in Italy were crossing the Alps, it's likely they took refuge in high-altitude bear caves. A new study of ...

The Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives, and they continue to fascinate as we peer back through tens of thousands of years of history. In a new discovery about this mysterious yet often ...

Cutting-edge genetics research reveals a startling legacy embedded in our DNA.

65,000-year-old Neanderthal ‘tar factory’ found in Gibraltar cave A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Vanguard Cave, ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Neanderthals painted on cave walls in Spain 65,000 years ago – tens of thousands of years before modern humans arrived, say researchers ...

A Harvard geneticist discussed cloning Neanderthals, but experts find hang-ups. Jan. 22, 2013— -- A Harvard geneticist has raised eyebrows by declaring that scientists could make a Neanderthal ...