Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to some of the big questions about their existence and supposed disappearance.

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analyzed the dynamics ...

The extinction of Neanderthals, our closest extinct human relatives, has long been a subject of intrigue and speculation. A groundbreaking study published in 2023 has shed new light on this mystery, ...

Study on skull of Altamura Man could be blow to adaptation theories about Neanderthals and their extinction ...

Researchers at the University of Cologne use simulations to investigate the likelihood of interactions between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans on the Iberian Peninsula / publication in ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Neanderthals, the closest extinct relative of modern humans, extracted grease and bone marrow ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When scientists sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they learned that Neanderthals ...

A study scanned genomes from over 450,000 people to find individuals who carry rare archaic versions of DNA changes once ...

Learn more about how researchers can take evidence from the past to better shape our idea of what Neanderthals looked like.

Once thought primitive, we now know Neanderthals were intelligent and even interbred with modern humans—many people today carry some Neanderthal DNA. Turns out, a lot of our jokes against our ...

A Harvard geneticist discussed cloning Neanderthals, but experts find hang-ups. Jan. 22, 2013— -- A Harvard geneticist has raised eyebrows by declaring that scientists could make a Neanderthal ...