Neanderthals had a long, low skull (compared to the more globular skull of modern humans) with a characteristic prominent brow ridge above their eyes. Their face was also distinctive. The central part ...

There has been some incredible research into the role this DNA plays in modern human neurodevelopment, so here's an overview ...

Although Neanderthals had similar size brains to H. sapiens, their skull shape ... from modern humans — the lower segments of ...

Humans and Neanderthals share a common ancestor dating back to between 550,000 and 750,000 years ago. Compared to early ...

5, 2024 — A new study suggests that the fundamental abilities underlying human language and ... face of a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal whose flattened skull was discovered and rebuilt ...

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 ...

Once again, the human version of the gene yielded a greater increase in the progenitor cells, which in turn resulted in enhanced neurogenesis when compared with ferrets given the Neanderthal version ...

The first Neanderthal skull discovered in modern times hid in a cave in Engis, Belgium until a local doctor pulled it out in 1829. In this video, archaeologist Michel Toussaint describes how the ...

Neanderthals, modern humans’ closest evolutionary relatives, have been extinct for thousands of years. But due to interbreeding between the two groups around 55,000 years ago, remnants of our ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Neanderthals and humans likely mixed ... researchers peeked at some of the oldest human genes from the skull of a woman, called Zlatý kůň or Golden horse for a hill in the ...

from the same sandy beds that have yielded a Neanderthal skull fragment. Carbon dating of the tar yielded an age around 50,000 years. "Modern humans in South Africa are known to produce adhesives ...