A Neanderthal skull from Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar. (AquilaGib/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) Genetic deterioration may not ...

It’s rare that ancient DNA from Neanderthals remains as intact as scientists would like. But on the lucky occasion that ...

A new study published in Nature provides the most detailed picture to date of Neanderthal diversity in Western Europe shortly ...

Genetic analysis of Neanderthals in north-western Europe reveals that this population was surprisingly genetically diverse, ...

A roughly 110,000-year-old male Neanderthal and a roughly 120,000-year-old Neanderthal recovered from the same cave in ...

Analysis of 27 genomes reveals more diverse, better-connected populations and challenges the idea that genetic decline caused ...

Recent findings from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology help reconstruct the genetic relationships of late Neanderthals in Northwestern Europe before they went extinct around 40,000 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists have uncovered surprising facts that challenge previously held notions about Neanderthals thanks to a trove of ...

The condition in question is called Dupuytren's contracture, and it has a few nicknames, "Viking disease" being the most ...

An international study of infant remains from 50,000–75,000 years ago has provided new evidence about the developmental ...

The RINO project was born from the discovery of unusual marks on rhinoceros teeth recovered from the prehistoric Payre site ...

A tiny set of ancient genetic “switches” may have played a surprisingly large role in making human language possible.