Our closest human relative, the Neanderthal continues to fascinate ... we’ve assembled a compilation of facts that provide a glimpse of their rich history, their surprisingly keen intellect ...

Human evolution expert Prof Chris Stringer has studied Neanderthals his entire career. Here, he tells us what scientists have uncovered about the lifestyle of these early humans, their distinctive ...

Standing proud in the Museum's Human Evolution gallery are two of the most scientifically accurate reconstructions that exist of a Neanderthal and early modern human. Find out how these lifelike ...

Neanderthals, once stereotyped as slow and unintelligent, are now recognized as skilled hunters and toolmakers who treated injuries with advanced techniques and adapted well to cold European climates.

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...

Now some archaeologists think competition may have played a role in burials. Decades ago, Neanderthal burials at Shanidar Cave in Iraq first sparked debate about whether the hominins intentionally ...

In Maltravieso Cave, western Spain, Neanderthals stencilled their hands by blowing red paint over them Contrary to the traditional view of them as brutes, it turns out that Neanderthals were artists.

The reasons for the demise of the Neanderthals some 30 thousand years ago, only a few millennia after the first appearance of modern humans in Europe, remain controversial, and are a focus of ...

The birch-tar handled tool made by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago Traces of ancient "glue" on a stone tool from 50,000 years ago points to complex thinking by Neanderthals, experts say. The glue ...

Neanderthals, our distant cousins, first appeared in Eurasia around 400,000 years ago. They’ve long been portrayed as sturdy, but brutish and dim-witted: the ultimate caveman. But ever since the ...

Research led by the Universidad de Burgos has uncovered evidence suggesting Neanderthals engaged in collecting activities based on discoveries at the Prado Vargas Cave in Burgos, Spain.