Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks ...

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern ...

Neanderthals created certain types of tools, named Mousterian after a Neanderthal site in France. This type of tool was invented 160,000 years ago and largely disappeared by 40,000 years ago ...

An Open Day organised by the Portimão Museum will allow history buffs to discover archaeological remains in the Gruta da ...

Neanderthals created certain types of tools, named Mousterian after a Neanderthal site in France. This type of tool was invented 160,000 years ago and largely disappeared by 40,000 years ago across ...

Doha: Skygazers in Qatar have been captivated by the rare Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan Atlas), which has made multiple ...

By examining DNA samples from many ancient humans, scientists can track when we began increasing our carbohydrate intake.

LSU anthropology professor attended a conference in Croatia, where she was invited to present her research on human ancestors ...

Discoveries from the genomes of the last Neanderthals are rewriting the story of how our own species came to replace them ...

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, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the ...

Neanderthals have had a tough time of it. Early humans played a role in their extinction, but the story didn’t end there.