Early modern humans were taller and less stocky than Neanderthals, perhaps more suited to endurance running than short bursts of speed. The Homo sapiens man's body proportions were similar to those of ...

Researchers have described the first "articulated" remains of a Neanderthal to be discovered ... by thousands of years of sediment, and upper body bones almost to the waist - with the left hand ...

Remains of one of the "last" Neanderthals have been discovered, with researchers saying that the find casts new light on the ...

Marine fossils from level 4. This discovery adds to a growing body of evidence about Neanderthal complexity. Beyond crafting sophisticated tools, these hominins buried their dead and created pigments.

In a recent paper published in Nature, researchers describe how Neanderthals in Europe ate — revealing what the original version of the "paleo diet" was actually like. Turns out, the paleo diet ...

Now some archaeologists think competition may have played a role in burials. Decades ago, Neanderthal burials at Shanidar Cave in Iraq first sparked debate about whether the hominins intentionally ...

Scientists have produced a remarkable reconstruction of what a Neanderthal woman would have ... that comprised much of the individual's upper-body, including the spine, shoulders, arms and hands.

the Neanderthals persist today. But a body of evidence is increasingly forcing us to re-visit these old ideas. A paper out this week in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution reports the early ...

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...