The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

After researchers from Sul Ross State University (SRSU) descended on the historic property, Juett realized the discovery was indeed something special: It was an extremely rare mammoth tusk.

A primary goal of the research team is to determine the nature of Homo sapiens–Neanderthal relationships in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant. Were they rivals competing for resources ...

Mrs Hollingworth explained how the dig began in 2017 when she found spotted a Neanderthal hand axe. "That's what led to the ...

28,000-year-old Neanderthal-and-human 'Lapedo child' lived tens of thousands of years after our closest relatives went extinct News By Kristina Killgrove published 7 March 2025 ...

Exclusive: Colossal CEO Ben Lamm considers the similarities between their efforts to bring back the woolly mammoth with Michael Crichton’s worst fears in Jurassic Park.

Further analysis revealed that the prehistoric “Lapedo Child” displayed a unique blend of physical characteristics that would soon make them famous: a mixture of both human and Neanderthal fea ...

The animal is 100% mouse, but engineered to express several mammoth-like traits that set the stage for one of Colossal’s most (literally) massive goals: the resurrection of the woolly mammoth.

Life appearance reconstruction of a Neanderthal male at the Natural History Museum of London. (Credit: Photo: Allan Henderson under CC BY 2.0) Ears are incredible things. They help us process sound ...