European Neanderthals Originated From a Single Population, Study Reveals
Neanderthals in St. Michael’s Cave, Gibraltar. Credit: Yulia S, CC-BY-3.0 / Wikimedia Commons A new genetic study suggests…
Study Finds Europe’s Neanderthals Descended from a Single Population
 Europe’s late Neanderthals largely came from a single population. Credit: GreekReporter Archive Europe’s Neanderthals may have traced most…
Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago
Creating birch tar using Neanderthal methods. Image credits: University of Cologne. If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000…
Study of AI generated Neanderthal scenes reveals major gaps with modern archaeological research
Researchers tested how generative artificial intelligence portrays Neanderthals and found frequent errors, outdated ideas, and clear bias. The…
New study finds AI depictions of Neanderthals are outdated and wrong
Over the past 40 years, phones and computers have turned into the world’s largest library. Answers now arrive…
Neanderthal enzyme appears to play a significant role in athletic performance
Deep in your muscles, an enzyme called AMPD1 helps turn chemical fuel into usable energy. When it does…
500,000-Year-Old Elephant Bone Tool Is the Oldest Ever Found in Europe
Photographs of battered areas of the elephant’s cortical bone. Credit: Simon A. Parfitt / CC BY 4.0 Archaeologists…
How DNA from cave dirt is revealing clues about early humans and Neanderthals
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Neanderthal DNA sheds new light on the structure of the modern human face
Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and…
Neanderthals and early humans reshaped Europe’s landscapes long before the rise of agriculture, study finds
A recent study published in PLOS One reveals that Neanderthals and early modern humans began to reshape Europe’s…
Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch
A model of a Neanderthal woman Joe McNally/Getty Modern humans may indeed have wiped out Neanderthals – but…
41,000 Years Ago, Something Weird in Space Changed How Humans Lived on Earth
Wandering magnetic fields would have had noticeable effects for humans. Credit: Maximilian Schanner (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences,…