This innovative approach combines climate data, archaeological evidence, and population dynamics to simulate how Neanderthals moved across the landscape. The model reveals that by the time ...

Who were the Neanderthals, what were their lives like, why did they go extinct, and what legacy did they leave behind? In this video, Shara Bailey, Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of ...

The old cliché goes like this: humans mastered fire, and with it, we conquered the world. But a plot twist is emerging from ...

It’s a somewhat uncomfortable reality that Homo sapiens interbred with their closest relatives, the "sister species" Neanderthals, multiple times during their overlapping history. This rampant ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to some of the big questions about their existence and supposed disappearance.

Maggot-infested meat likely provided Neanderthals and even some modern-day humans with a rich source of fat and nitrogen. Reading time 3 minutes Modern humanity’s most famous cousins, the Neanderthals ...