Massive herbivores became scarce in the Middle East about 200,000 years ago, and this coincided with a shift towards smaller, ...

Neanderthal remains were first described in 1864, and scientific interpretations of their behavior and appearance have ...

Wisdom teeth are more than just an uncomfortable dentist appointment. They are evidence of how human evolution cherry-picked ...

The next surprise was that human organoids just kept growing. Mouse organoids were done with making neurons within nine days.

"Our knowledge of the interaction between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals has got more complex in the last few years, but it's ...

Ancient Neanderthal methods might offer solutions to combat modern infections and superbugs.

The discovery of animal skulls in Des-Cubierta Cave challenges the belief that Neanderthals acted solely out of ...

Progovac's study challenges two dominant narratives in human evolution: "survival of the fittest" (physical strength) and "survival of the friendliest" (prosociality). While both played a role, ...

Relatives of modern humans may have created and used a sticky substance both as a glue and to treat their wounds, preempting ...

A new genetic analysis offers some ancient gossip: The pairings were more often female humans with male Neanderthals. How exactly this happened remains a huge question mark. Did human women venture ...

A new species of ancient primate challenges what we think we know about where human ancestors diverged from monkeys.

A recent article published and widely read in Science revealed that Neanderthal men preferred “Sapiens” women, but it fails ...