Neanderthal genes may explain why some people have Chiari malformation type I, a condition in which the brain bulges out of ...

A Neanderthal trackway discovered in Portugal shows how an adult male and two children hunted for food 78,000 years ago.

When modern humans first migrated out of Africa about 60,000 years ago, they crossed paths with Neanderthals. Over thousands ...

According to new CT scans and models, parts of the 140,000-year-old skull resemble those of modern humans, while the jaw appears to be more similar to those of our extinct relatives ...

The five-part documentary series is presented by paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi. The academic is also described as an ...

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Claims that a small-brained hominin called Homo naledi buried its dead raise intriguing questions about ancient minds and why ...

Neanderthals living just 70 kilometers apart in Israel may have had different food prep customs, according to new research on butchered animal bones. These subtle variations — like how meat was cut ...

When electrical activity travels across the brain, it moves like ripples on a pond. The motion of these "brain waves," first ...

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the likely origin of a neurological condition estimated to impact up to one per ...