A 140,000-year-old skull discovered in Israel suggests a possible Neanderthal-Homo sapien hybrid child. Unearthed in Skhul Cave, the 5-year-old's remains display Homo sapien cranial features alongside ...

The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, suggesting her parents might have belonged to different species ...

They lived about 400,000 to 40,000 years ago, and are the closest extinct human relative to today’s human beings (Homo sapien).

Fossils from the skull of a Neanderthal child that likely had Down syndrome shed light into the collaborative and communal caregiving that likely helped the child survive to the age of 6 ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Neanderthal children grew at the same rates and were weaned at roughly same age as Homo sapien children, according to a new study published Monday in the journal PNAS. Scientists ...

For example, the child’s lower limbs were much shorter than those of a modern human, and more resembled a Neanderthal. The skull, however, almost fully mirrored a Homo sapien, particularly the ...

The species may have lived alongside Homo sapiens for more than 100,000 years, and they’re believed to be the precursor to the Neanderthal, the skull of which is seen above.

Instead, it appears Homo sapien settlements date back to Europe between 56,800 and 51,700 years ago. An era primarily associated with Neanderthals as the prominent hominins.

Injury rates turned out to be about the same in a study of Neanderthal and Homo sapien skulls By Malcolm Ritter •Published November 14, 2018•Updated on November 14, 2018 at 2:04 pm ...