Around 40,000 years ago, modern humans spread across Europe and encountered Neanderthals, who had already inhabited the ...

Why are we so obsessed with a group of prehistoric humans who disappeared some 40,000 years ago? Ever since the discovery of ...

Momentous encounters -- Neanderthal ancestors -- Neanderthals and their world -- The quiet people -- The ten thousandth grandmother -- Great mobility -- The realm of the Lion Man -- Fat, flints, and ...

Indicating that Neanderthals buried their dead, a stone-lined pit in southwest France held the 70,000-year-old remains of a man wrapped in bearskin. The illustration is based on a diorama at ...

They say you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your relatives. Unless you're a paleontologist tracing the lineage of the human race, in which case choosing your relatives is a full-time ...

Once formally proposed as Homo stupidus and portrayed as knuckle-dragging ape-men, Neanderthals are finally receiving their due from scientists. This 1909 Neanderthal reconstruction portrayed the ...

Long ago, two species of human beings coexisted on Earth, until competition drove one of them to extinction. This program, set in the southwest of France 35,000 years ago, uses re-creations of ...

D.P. Sorensen may need a little help in recognizing Neanderthal traits [“Proud Neanderthals,” Deep End, May 13, City Weekly]. D.P. Sorensen may need a little help in recognizing Neanderthal traits ...