The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...

Neanderthals are getting a well-deserved scientific rewrite. A growing body of paleoarchaeological evidence indicates that ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

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 ...

Recent research on human evolution suggests that the extinction of our Neanderthal cousins may have been hastened by ...

Researchers have uncovered ancient cave art that rewrites the story of human cultural origins, The art features arranged ...

A study comparing lead exposure in Neanderthals, human ancestors and 20th-century humans poses a series of questions for further study.

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...

Recent archaeological excavations in Crimea have unearthed a fascinating aspect of Neanderthal culture: the crafting and use ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

A tiny bone from Starosele Cave, Crimea, has yielded ancient DNA showing it belonged to a Neanderthal dubbed “Star 1”.

Archaeologists have discovered a 42,000-year-old yellow ochre stick in Crimea and Ukraine, suggesting Neanderthals possessed ...