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

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time. Despite its proximity to other groups of ...

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

Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the Green Sahara.

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

How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists ...

An analysis of Neanderthal nose bones suggests the species’ famously large noses did not evolve primarily to warm and ...

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

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 ...

A long-standing debate in paleontology about whether the distinctive Neanderthal nose evolved purely for the cold weather may ...

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