Researchers have known that Neanderthals used birch tar, a viscous substance derived from birch bark, to glue spear points ...

Birch bark tar is one of the oldest synthetic materials in the world, with some of the earliest finds linked to Neanderthals ...

The discovery of animal skulls in Des-Cubierta Cave challenges the belief that Neanderthals acted solely out of ...

The Late Neanderthals of Europe who were studied here lived between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago. The researchers analyzed the ...

By sequencing ancient DNA from the fetus, scientists revealed a severe genetic bottleneck that reshaped Neanderthal history ...

A study incorporating new DNA data and archaeological evidence has shown that the last Neanderthals in Europe experienced a ...

The Neanderthal population shrank during a cold spell around 75,000 years ago, and the loss of genetic diversity may have ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are ...

Learn how Neanderthals in Europe suffered a loss of genetic diversity during the Ice Age, causing a single lineage to take ...

DNA study reveals Neanderthals who lived 10,000 years apart in Siberia were closely related, offering new insight into their ...

A recent article published and widely read in Science revealed that Neanderthal men preferred “Sapiens” women, but it fails ...

For tens of thousands of years, two species — Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans — shared vast landscapes.