A team of Harvard and Max Planck Institute researchers has estimated the date when Neanderthals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors to explore why...
An international team of researchers has completed the first sequencing of the Denisovan genome, shedding light on the relationships between these archaic...
Cambridge researchers have raised questions about the theory that Neanderthals and modern humans at some point interbred. Their findings show that common...
Scientists have discovered the first molecular evidence that Neanderthals not only ate a range of cooked plant foods, but also understood its nutritional...
The practice of cave art in Europe began up to 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, a new uranium-series dating study has revealed. The study...
The reconstruction of human limb bones found in Atapuerca, Spain, has helped scientists to determine the height of the human species Homo heidelbergensis.
The...