Scientists examining the well-preserved skeleton of Amud 7, a six-month-old Neanderthal from an Israeli cave, report body and ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

A study from U.S. and Chinese researchers suggests Neanderthals and early modern humans probably had similar cognitive ...

The basic outline of the interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals is now well established. The two came in contact as modern humans began their major expansion out of Africa, which occurred ...

Two recent studies suggest that the gene flow (as the young people call it these days) between Neanderthals and our species happened during a short period sometime between 50,000 and 43,500 years ago.

A hole drilled into a 60,000-year-old molar suggests that Neanderthals practiced complex dental care long before modern ...

In 1857, the German anatomist Hermann Schaaffhausen analyzed a human fossil with "an extraordinary form" that he had never ...