A new study analyzes the nasal cavity of the "Altamura Man," a Neanderthal who died between 130,000 and 172,000 years ago ...

Human remains found inside a Belgian cave tell a grisly story of selective cannibalism among our hominid cousins.

The most complete Neanderthal skull ever examined has given researchers something they have never had before: a virtually ...

Belgian cave analysis shows Neanderthal cannibalism involving nonlocal women and children who were killed and eaten 45,000 ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

Forty-one millennia ago, deep inside a Belgian cave, Neanderthals left behind a disturbing legacy. Mixed in with the ...

Evidence from a prehistoric cave system indicates non-ritualistic cannibalism of Neanderthal women and children.

Neanderthals left behind various clues about their enigmatic lives. But less is known about their spiritual sides. Some ...

Neanderthals were cannibals. Copious evidence from the fossil record, spread across time and geography, shows that ...

Two weeks’ walk can be an eternity in prehistory. In southern France’s Rhône Valley, a Neanderthal by the name of “Thorin” ...

A study of Neanderthal bones has found evidence of ‘light, selective’ cannibalism targeting women and girls some 40-odd ...

The bones discovered at Goyet represent the largest assemblage of cannibalized Neanderthal remains in northern Europe. Nearly one-third of the 101 skeletal fragments bear unmistakable signs of ...