They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Every time you look in the mirror, you are seeing the legacy of an extinct cousin. A small but influential fraction of your ...

Some modern humans carry Neanderthal gene variants that affect how their bodies metabolize common medications. This explains ...

Here are 10 major Neanderthal findings from 2025 — and what they teach us about our own evolution. The hottest — but also ...

Early humans may have feasted on Neanderthal children 45,000 years ago, according to a grisly new study. Researchers have ...

Simulations suggest Neanderthals were on the brink of extinction by the time our ancestors arrived on the Iberian Peninsula.

A research team at the British Museum, led by Nick Ashton and Rob Davis, reports evidence that ancient humans could make and ...

Analysis of hundreds of single-cell genomes from Yellowstone National Park shows bacterial species are less cohesive than previously thought.

Homo sapiens was basically infected by these viruses for all of its existence," the scientist added. As per the outlet, ...

Behind the daily stream of geopolitical tensions and conflicts, 2025 also offered new perspectives on humanity’s connection ...

This Hemi-powered off-roader is slower, thirstier, and more expensive than the I-6 version, so why do we like it so dang much ...

Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...