Tag: Neanderthal

Researchers have long known the disease was more common in Northern Europeans.

They used a technique which laser samples enamel and makes isotope measurements

It’s the second discovery of DNA from ancient human ancestors

Stone tools and a tooth found in a cave in France open up new questions on human history

Neanderthals were smart enough to pick the perfect spot where to place their cave fires.

Zoonotic diseases have always plagued both humans and our close extinct relatives.

They painted it thousands of years before we got to Europe.

This type of finding is making researchers think that Neanderthals and Denisovans weren't all that different from us.

Remains with combination of Neanderthal and early human features date back 100,000 years.

Tree ring-like growth lines in baby Neanderthal teeth suggest they were first weaned at around 6 months of age.

These were the hi-tech gadgets of the Upper Paleolithic

The fragments are at least 41,000 years old. They were found attached to a stone tool.

It's not just Homo sapiens -- Neanderthals also had a deep relationship with the sea.

A famous Palaeolithic site in Iraq has more secrets to shed about Neanderthal daily life -- as well as their ...

A new study found that early human ancestors had teeth that could penetrate the hard shells of nuts and seeds ...

Back and forth transmission of disease between humans and Neanderthals may have kept the two species in check -- but ...

Neanderthal eagle necklaces are the oldest known ornaments in Europe.

Ancient humans knew how to handle and make fire earlier than assumed.

It's the first glimpse of the Denisovan look.

Neanderthals were much more commonly affected by ear infections than modern humans.

Was this an isolated individual, or part of an earlier wave of human migration?

Sticky!

DNA analysis reveals fresh details about how Neanderthals moved across Europe and Asia.

This just goes to show how complex our evolutionary history really is.

Talk about a stunning find!

You are what you eat...

Caveburgers, anyone?

If the footprint is confirmed to be Neanderthal, it would only be the second one in the world, the other ...

The Denisovans were our cousins. We're only now starting to understand them.

Neanderthal genes may be making some people's skulls more elongated -- they may also explain some modern human brain evolution.

Yet another similarity that Neanderthals share with humans.

However, their mothers still too care of them as best of they could.

Talk about a gruesome story -- yikes!

Ancient interbreeding primed modern humans for an encounter with new viruses.

Climate change was unforgiving with the Neanderthals.

How I met your Neanderthal mother.

Neanderthals were every bit as complex and advanced as early humans -- and perhaps even more so.

All the better to breathe with.

Our ancestors interbred both with Neanderthals and Denisovans.

They took care of their community members without expecting anything in return.

Neanderthals were thinkers and artists, just like humans, tantalizing new research suggests.

The research suggests that human interbreeding was more of a 'step-by-step' event.

Humans weren't necessarily better than the Neanderthals, they just moved around more.

Dibs on the last slice.

Still think Neanderthals were brutes?

No one knows who the direct ancestor of Neanderthals is but this skull might help shed light.

Neanderthals took the herbal equipment of aspirin and penicillin.

Cranial fragments discovered in China can't be pinned down to any known human species. Some speculate it might be Denisovan.

Neanderthals were far smarter than most of us give them credit for.

Early humans were far better smokers than Neanderthals, and this might have mattered a lot in the end.