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As we live through an era of rapid expansion in our understanding of our distant ancestors, the Neanderthals, we’re learning they may not have been so distant after all. According to a new study ...

The discovery was made inside Vanguard Cave, part of the Gorham’s Cave Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site associated with ...

We’re living through a golden age of archaeological discovery about our distant cousins, the Neanderthals. We’ve recently learned they were much more intelligent than we used to give them credit for, ...

Finds from caves in Turkey and Israel hint that different types of humans exchanged ideas even as they remained biologically distinct. | Credit: Naoki Morimoto. Deep in a limestone cave on Turkey's ...

Learn how Neanderthals living in Southern Europe knew when to collect and eat shellfish, displaying a seasonal strategy just like modern humans. Neanderthals living in southern Europe were such avid ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rare Neanderthal infant fossils suggest prenatal growth was much like modern humans, while teeth reveal signs of early ...

A round hole in the shoulder blade (scapula) of a Neanderthal whose partial remains were unearthed in a cave in Iraqi ...

Newswise — For more than a century, some scientists have looked at Neanderthal skulls and drawn a conclusion that seemed obvious, that a differently shaped brain from modern humans must have meant ...

A small, round hole in a Neanderthal’s shoulder blade suggests a wooden spear pierced the chest about 75,000 years ago. The ...

In a Science Advances study published today, scientists report the first comprehensive analysis of wooden Neanderthal tools retrieved from Abric Romaní, an archaeological site ne ...