Ancient bones reveal that early Homo sapiens and Neanderthals didn’t just coexist. For years, scientists argued about whether Homo sapiens interbred with Neanderthal groups in Europe. The Oase fossils ...

Discover how Homo sapiens outlasted Neanderthals – and how they helped make us who we are today. For 400,000 years, Neanderthals thrived across frigid, Ice Age Europe. What happened when Homo sapiens ...

Going by the headlines, the matter seems to be settled. El País announces that Neanderthal men "chose" sapiens women. Science journal speaks of a "partner preference." National Geographic is already ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens. Reconstruction of a Neanderthal man (Homo neanderthalensis), based on ...

A groundbreaking new documentary series titled Human is set to bring the ancient past of our evolutionary relatives to life in stunning detail. Using hyper-realistic 3D facial reconstructions, the ...

Recent analysis of rock art in a Spanish cave has revealed that Neanderthals were creating abstract images and engravings at least 64,000 years ago, a time before modern humans had even arrived in ...