For decades, Neanderthals were thought to be our less sophisticated cousins who communicated through basic sounds and simple ...

Language may feel like one of the most distinctly human things about you, but the genetic groundwork for it appears to be older than our own species. A new study from University of Iowa Health Care ...

Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.

The out-of-Africa migration, in which ancient humans went on to inhabit every other continent except Antarctica, may not have ...

A fatal genetic incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans may have hastened the extinction of our ancient cousins, new research suggests. Researchers found that different versions of a ...

CNN — If you were to greet a Neanderthal with a handshake, it might feel a little awkward. The digits of the Stone Age people, who went extinct about 40,000 years ago, were much chunkier than ours.

Cutting-edge genetics research reveals a startling legacy embedded in our DNA.

A new study has revealed new insights into the mating patterns and preferences of early humans. The study, published in the journal Science on Feb. 26, found that when Neanderthals and early humans ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...