Yet these primordial grave-diggers weren’t quite like us, and new research reveals that a young child from the world’s oldest ...

Palaeontologists used ancient molecules to identify a cranium found near Harbin in northeastern China as belonging to the ...

New research has uncovered an extraordinary discovery that challenges our understanding of early human evolution. A young ...

When you imagine the evolution of homosapien it’s easy to imagine our great ape ancestors turning into upright versions and eventually becoming neanderthals and then modern humans. However, our ...

Researchers insert a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal variant of the GLI3 gene into mice, altering their bone structure without malformations.

Archaeologists have long debated the origin of human symbolic behavior. The dominant idea was that only modern humans (Homo sapiens) were capable of complex symbolic thought and behavior; such as ...

Researchers in Spain say they have found evidence that Neanderthals were capable of creating art — challenging the idea that art began with the modern humans who succeeded them. The canvas was a ...

New research follows a distinct lineage of bedbugs that lived alongside humans for thousands of years, suggesting they might ...

N eanderthals managed to survive in Eurasia until around 40,000 years ago, but research indicates their population began ...

A unique archaeological find has recently expanded our knowledge of Neanderthals' capacity for symbolic thought. The object ...

An 8-inch rock found at an archaeological site in central Spain is the latest indication that Neanderthals were making art long before modern humans ... t the first time a Neanderthal fingerprint ...