Neanderthals tended to bury their dead in caves, while early modern humans buried their dead in the fetal position, new ...

One of the more enduring mysteries about Neanderthals is whether they had a spoken language, a trait that’s impossible to ...

When Hotlegs took the initial steps to write and record “Neanderthal Man,” they were not intending to write a song at all, ...

Now some archaeologists think competition may have played a role in burials. Decades ago, Neanderthal burials at Shanidar Cave in Iraq first sparked debate about whether the hominins intentionally ...

The last Ice Age proved to be a decisive period for the cave-dwelling Neanderthals ... invasion from our most recent ancestor, Cro-Magnon man.

In 2010, the first draft of the Neanderthal genome was published, and comparisons with modern human genomes revealed that Neanderthal and modern humans had interbred in the past. A few months later, ...