Remains of a Neanderthal who may have roamed the Earth 42,000 years ago offer insight into an isolated people ...

Neanderthals lost genetic diversity around 110,000 years ago. Researchers confirmed this by studying fossilized inner ears.

New research on the inner ear morphology of Neanderthals and their ancestors challenges the widely accepted theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of ...

Braving the cold weather required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and to know how to make fire. But did they wear clothes?

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern Iberia.

The genome of a Neanderthal named Thorin suggested he was part of an unknown lineage. He and his community stayed isolated for 50,000 years.

Science Archaeology Neanderthals’ social isolation may have sped up their extinction The remains of a 45,000 year old nicknamed Thorin was uncovered in a French cave system. By Laura Baisas ...

Genetic analysis of a Neanderthal fossil found in France reveals that it was from a previously unknown lineage, a remnant of an ancient population that had remained in extreme isolation for more ...

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 ...

Modern human DNA found in Neanderthal genomes offers clues to how our archaic ancestors disappeared, according to a new study.

Much of Neanderthal genetic diversity came from modern humans Neanderthals' low diversity means their population was even smaller than we thought.