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A new investigation of ancient horned animal skulls found in Spain's Des-Cubierta Cave deepens the mystery of when and why ...

A new radiocarbon reassessment has established that the so-called Lapedo child from central Portugal was buried approximately ...

The results were grossly inaccurate, stemming from AI pulling its information from outdated stereotypes in lieu of paywalled ...

A mysterious collection of animal skulls found deep inside a cave in Spain is giving scientists a rare look into the minds of our ancient cousins, the Neanderthals. A new study has suggested these ...

The ability to successfully engage in mass hunts may be what allowed ancient Homo Sapiens to thrive.

For instance, a Neanderthal variant of a gene called H19 may have heightened their risk of hypertension, thus exacerbating the symptoms of preeclampsia. Other Neanderthal genes that regulate ...

The French paleoanthropologist discusses his book ‘The Last Neanderthal,’ and provides clues about his latest discovery: ...

Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil record approximately 40,000 years ago. Their extinction was a gradual process over thousands of years, and theories as to why include competition with modern ...

AI recreates Neanderthals with ancient stereotypes and revives scientific errors of the past in its current digital images.

Humans today often carry around a small chunk of DNA from Neanderthals, suggesting we interbred with our closest known extinct relatives at some point in our history. So why isn't there more ...

A Harvard geneticist discussed cloning Neanderthals, but experts find hang-ups. Jan. 22, 2013— -- A Harvard geneticist has raised eyebrows by declaring that scientists could make a Neanderthal ...