This week we learned that the Neanderthal/Denisovan/Human family tree is pretty complicated, thanks to a close look into some ...

The main reason our noses don't take up space in our vision comes down to a somewhat startling fact: We don't see the world ...

The prehistoric artist likely created the image by spraying ochre mixed with water over a hand flattened on the wall of a ...

The celebration of this particular anniversary, for a site that is the only World Heritage Site to be exclusively dedicated to the Neanderthals, will fit in well into the overall centenary theme. A ...

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

A fossil fragment from Spain suggests a Neanderthal child may have had Down syndrome and survived for years despite severe ...

A newly dated cave painting in Indonesia may be the world’s oldest artwork, and it could rewrite the story of early human imagination.

A newly dated Indonesian cave painting may be 1,100 years older than the world’s oldest known rock art, but not everyone is ...

New research suggests ancient human species like Homo erectus could speak, reshaping our understanding of early human ...

A recent genetic study has revealed a direct link between Neanderthal ancestry and heightened pain sensitivity in certain ...

For more than three decades, Ötzi the Iceman has been a kind of time capsule for researchers—an Alpine body preserved so well that it keeps producing scientific “firsts.” Now, a new analysis suggests ...

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