This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in ...

Jan. 31, 2024 — Archaeologists have debated whether Neanderthals or modern humans made stone tools that are found at sites across northern Europe and date from about 40,000 years ago. A new ...

Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that still exists in many modern-day people, ...

It’s not so uncommon for a 6-year-old boy on a trip to the beach to become enamored with a uniquely shaped rock. It’s just a little more out of the ordinary for that rock to actually be a Neanderthal ...