A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Did modern humans erase Neanderthals, or did our close cousins fade away for reasons that had little to do with us? A pair of major papers in Science and Nature on Dec. 12, 2024, sharpen that question ...

For more than a century, Neanderthals have been cast as a vanished side branch of the human family tree, a brief encounter in our deep past. The latest high resolution Neanderthal genome, combined ...

The discovery of ancient human cousins has long stirred wonder and debate. Early Neanderthal remains offered a glimpse into our distant past, prompting questions about how they lived and whether they ...

In a new study published in the journal l'Anthropologie, scientists have identified the earliest-known example of human interbreeding with Neanderthals. It offers stunning new insight into the ancient ...

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 ...

Across their modelling strategies, the authors place the theoretical upper limit of the modern human lifespan somewhere between 128 and 202 years. They also note the best-verified maximum recorded ...

On the slopes of Mount Carmel in northern Israel, a small skull has changed the story of human history. Buried in Skhul Cave roughly 140,000 years ago, the remains of a five-year-old child show that ...

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The discovery rewrites the history of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. In a new study published in the journal l’Anthropologie, scientists have identified the earliest-known ...