Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...

The ability to make fire on demand has long been seen as a turning point in our evolutionary story. It unlocked benefits like ...

Neanderthals living just 70 kilometers apart in Israel may have had different food prep customs, according to new research on butchered animal bones. These subtle variations — like how meat was cut ...

A team of anthropologists recently examined a collection of fossil hominin jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae that belong to ...

Neanderthals, our extinct cousins, are often portrayed as eating nothing but meat — no fruit, no grains, no greens. But did Neanderthals really live on meat alone? While there's plenty of evidence ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to AI-powered genetic research, scientists have revealed a far more entangled ...

Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some scientific support, researchers can't agree on which—or which combination—is ...