In 1993, researchers exploring a cave in southern Italy found a sinkhole leading to a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel was a ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

A new archaeological discovery in the Gorham's Cave Complex in Gibraltar has amazed archaeologists around the world, after ...

Unearthing the secrets of our ancient ancestors, researchers have recently discovered 78,000-year-old footprints left by a Neanderthal man, child, and toddler on a beach in Portugal. These footprints, ...

Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Copious evidence from the fossil record, spread across time and geography, shows that neanderthals ate each other. Scientists have discovered neanderthal bones that bear the same marks of butchery as ...

Clues from studies of ancient plants and animals have helped archaeologists pin down where the last Neanderthals found refuge ...

Palaeolithic humans living on both sides of the Strait of Gibraltar were a creative bunch to say the least, and were ...

Neanderthals and humans mated millennia ago, and their legacy lives on in us today. Here's how. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.