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

An ancient fragment of bone discovered in the Crimean cave of Starosele is changing what we think about how and where Neanderthals migrated. The fragment, now known as Star 1, turned out to be ...

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

In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, led by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the Neanderthal ...

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

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

The discovery of a Neanderthal fire pit in southeastern England has revealed that fire was made by humans at least 400,000 years ago. Previously, it was thought that humans had begun to make fire only ...

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

The Gibraltar National Museum will mark 100 years since the discovery in 1926 of the Neanderthal child skull now known as Flint with a year-long programme of events, new displays, publications and a ...

While analyzing hundreds of Neanderthal bone fragments from a cave in Belgium, archaeologists discovered a horrifying secret: Six Neanderthals had been cannibalized 45,000 years ago, and the cannibals ...