A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several ...

A team of researchers working in a Moroccan cave system has recovered early hominin fossils dated to roughly 773,000 years ago, and the bones carry physical traits that place them near the base of the ...

Remains of one of the "last" Neanderthals have been discovered, with researchers saying that the find casts new light on the history of these archaic humans. The Neanderthal was unearthed at a cave ...

A fossilized Neanderthal discovered in a cave system in the Rhône Valley, France, represents an ancient and previously undescribed lineage that diverged from other currently known Neanderthals around ...

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The basic outline of the interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals is now well established. The two came in contact as modern humans began their major expansion out of Africa, which occurred ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, they uncovered a living legacy inside most people alive today. A small but ...

Nearly 40,000 years after disappearing from the planet, Neanderthals are having a moment. In recent years, tantalizing new evidence suggests that our primitive, heavy-browed cousins were chefs, ...

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A new study suggests Neanderthals formed small, tightknit communities where females may have traveled to move in with their mates. The research used genetic sleuthing to offer a rare snapshot of ...

Set on a rocky outcrop in southern Siberia, Chagyrskaya Cave might not look like much. But for one family of Neanderthals, it was home. For the first time, researchers have identified a set of closely ...