The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared ...

Unique versions of the lactase gene found in the genomes of East Asian people may have increased in prevalence within the ...

Using dentists' tools, archaeologists painstakingly uncover evidence that Israel’s Tinshemet Cave housed hominins who shared ...

Neanderthal fossils show a major population drop 110,000 years ago. Researchers link this to reduced genetic diversity.

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

Carried out by an international team of researchers, the study took a relatively unique approach, using the anatomy of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered ...

A study of the inner ear bones of Neanderthals shows a significant loss of diversity in their shape around 110,000 years ago, ...

For thousands of years, Neanderthals flourished across Eurasia. But new research suggests their genetic diversity plummeted ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...

The research, led by paleontologists Alessandro Urciuoli from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Mercedes Conde-Valverde ...