A chemical signature in Neanderthal remains that suggests voracious meat eating has long puzzled researchers. Now, new ...

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 years ago, showing that Neanderthal culinary skills were surprisingly sophi ...

Carved in time A Neanderthal works stone in this reconstruction by Elisabeth Daynès. It is based on La Ferrassie 1, the most complete Neanderthal skeleton found to date, from 54,000 to 40,000 ...

Neanderthals living at caves less than 45 miles apart appear to have used different techniques while preparing meat, suggesting the groups may have had their own unique culinary traditions. In the ...

Neighboring Neanderthal communities living in the Middle East some 60,000 years ago appear to have developed distinct butchering practices, suggesting that different families may have had their ...

A recent study compared features of Neanderthals' inner ears across space and time to extrapolate what happened to them tens of thousands of years ago.