When Neanderthals dominated Europe, it was likely that wood was at least as important to them as stone for working into tools ...

The oldest wooden artifacts we have are mostly weapons. They include spears from a German town called Schöningen, a spear tip ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries in evolution. It may not be that ...

As one of our closest ancient human relatives, the Neanderthals knew how to exploit natural resources for their benefit. That said, some Neanderthal tools survived the wear of time much better than ...

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What you'll discover in this article... ・We call the Stone Age the Stone Age because stone tools tend to be all that is left ...

There is even more evidence that Neanderthals were far from the simple cave dwellers we once thought them to be. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Zlatý kůň skull, found in a cave site in present-day Czechia. Its DNA showed similarities to bones found in a German cave, ...

Newswise — BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- A new study by an international team of scholars, including faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, suggests that Neanderthals experienced a ...

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Life appearance reconstruction of a Neanderthal male at the Natural History Museum of London.Credit: Photo: Allan Henderson under CC BY 2.0 Ears are incredible things. They help us process sound and ...

Understanding the differences between Neanderthal and modern human faces sheds light on our own evolution. Thanks to modern technology (and based on skull remains), we can now reconstruct a likely ...