The genome of a Neanderthal named Thorin suggested he was part of an unknown lineage. He and his community stayed isolated ...

A new study supports a growing theory that the Neanderthals' downfall was not due to environmental changes or disease but their antisocial lifestyle.

Ever since their discovery in the 19th century, Neanderthals have been unfairly tarnished as the heavy-browed, brutish ...

Archaeologists have long known that humans and Neanderthals interbred, but where this took place has proven difficult to ...

This area includes one of the best-known Neanderthal sites, Shanidar Cave, where the remains of ten Neanderthal individuals ...

Using DNA extracted from some roughly 45,000-year-old bones, scientists have found a new Neanderthal lineage that likely did not have a lot of interaction with others from its species. The remains ...

A new study supports the idea that Neanderthals likely went extinct because of how they lived — in isolation. The early human ...

By sequencing the DNA from one of the Neanderthal's teeth, they discovered a completely new lineage. The DNA indicates recent inbreeding that may help explain why this species went extinct. Scientists ...

The discovery of a Neanderthal named Thorin reveals a previously unknown lineage that diverged from other Neanderthals ...

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...