By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

A study of the inner ear bones of Neanderthals shows a significant loss of diversity in their shape around 110,000 years ago, suggesting a genetic bottleneck that contributed to Neanderthals' decline.

Neanderthals were consummate hunters of medium ... 2005.11.008 Belfer-Cohen, A. & Hovers, E. In the eye of the beholder - Mousterian and Natufian burials in the Levant. Current Anthropology ...

They believed Neanderthals to have a low ... “You never know how much fat someone had around their eyes, or the thickness of the lips, or the exact position and shape of the nostrils.” ...

but suggest that the eye-catching specimens may have been gathered by Neanderthal children who found them entrancing. The ...

A study published in Nature Communications describes evolutionary changes in Neanderthal morphology through the analysis of their inner ear structures, known as the bony labyrinth. The research ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...