People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Neanderthals were very muscular and rugged, with large bodies and even larger heads. Their skulls show that they have room for a bigger brain than modern humans and would have been distinguished by a ...

A groundbreaking study has resolved the mystery surrounding the “Dragon Man” skull, one of the most significant fossil ...

"We're building a life that's looking more and more like our stories," he adds. Read More: Thorin the Neanderthal Was One of ...

Europe’s earliest known boomerang, carved from mammoth tusk and over 40,000 years old, reveals advanced skills of early Homo ...

For Slimak, this was further evidence of a deeper Neanderthal lineage—and of how different Neanderthals were from modern humans. Slimak believes the moment when Neanderthals and ...

A genetic study of modern-day Indians has revealed their ancestry can be traced back to Neolithic Iranian farmers, Eurasian ...

Scientists have discovered what may be one of the oldest boomerangs in the world, hidden in a Polish cave for tens of ...

New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed—until one group succeeded spectacularly ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Around 900,000 years ago, the global population reached a precarious low of only 1280 reproducing individuals and stayed like ...

A new analysis of a carved mammoth tusk first discovered four decades ago reveals it may be the world's oldest boomerang.