For centuries, Neanderthals were often portrayed as primitive, brutish beings. But a new discovery has challenged this long-held stereotype. A Neanderthal glue-making structure has been uncovered at ...

Denisova Cave in Siberia’s Altai Mountains is the only spot on the planet that’s known to have been lived in by Denisovans, Neanderthals, and Homo sapiens. By analyzing traces of DNA left behind by ...

The Neanderthal occupants of a cave in central Spain had a pretty unusual tradition that seems to have been passed down through multiple generations and may have persisted for thousands of years.

Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known multifunctional tool made from cave lion bone, shedding new light on Neanderthal ingenuity. The ancient utensil dates back to the end of the Saalian ...

Neanderthal remains recently discovered in a cave in France support well-known theory of why the Neanderthals became extinct, researchers behind a new study say. Neanderthal remains recently ...

While analyzing hundreds of Neanderthal bone fragments from a cave in Belgium, archaeologists discovered a horrifying secret: Six Neanderthals had been cannibalized 45,000 years ago, and the cannibals ...

A fossilized Neanderthal discovered in a cave system in the Rhône Valley, France, represents an ancient and previously undescribed lineage that diverged from other currently known Neanderthals around ...

Back in 1929, archaeologists unearthed several human skeletons (seven adults and three children) while excavating Skuhl Cave just south of Haifa, Israel. Dating back 140,000 years to the end of the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest ...