When a cave has been sealed off from the surface world for roughly 57,000 years, anything inside it feels, by definition, non ...

Evidence from a prehistoric cave system indicates non-ritualistic cannibalism of Neanderthal women and children.

Archaeologists working in the mountains of northeastern Uzbekistan have uncovered tiny stone points that may be the oldest ...

Back in 1929, archaeologists unearthed several human skeletons (seven adults and three children) while excavating Skuhl Cave just south of Haifa, Israel. Dating back 140,000 years to the end of the ...

(AP) — A team of Polish scientists said Monday they have discovered three Neanderthal teeth in a cave, a find they hope may shed light on how similar to modern humans our ancestors were. Neanderthal ...

Footprints preserved on ancient dunes show Neanderthals actively navigating, hunting, and living along Portugal’s coastline.

(CNN) — Stone Age humans living by a lake in what’s now Germany systematically processed animal carcasses for fatty nutrients — essentially running what scientists describe as a “fat factory” to boil ...

Modern humans may indeed have wiped out Neanderthals – but not through war or murder alone. A new study suggests that when the two species interbred, a slow-acting genetic incompatibility increased ...