Neanderthal : Science World Report

Nov 07, 2014 07:18 AM EST

Ancient European Ancestors Interbred with Neanderthals and Survived the Ice Age

Scientists have recovered DNA from a fossil of one of the earliest known Europeans, a man who lived 36,000 years ago in western Russia, and have found that our genetic ancestry stretches back further than expected.

Jul 08, 2014 06:49 AM EDT

Ancient Human Skull Reveals Our Ancestors Had an Inner Ear Like a Neanderthal

After re-examining a 100,000-year-old archaic early human skull found 35 years ago in Northern China, researchers have found the presence of an inner-ear formation that was once thought to only occur in Neanderthals.

Jun 20, 2014 07:24 AM EDT

Skulls Uncovered from 'Pit of Bones' Shed Light on Neanderthal and Human Evolution

Researchers have uncovered a collection of ancient skulls in a cave that have both Neanderthal-derived features and features associated with more primitive humans. The findings shed a bit more light on the history of Neanderthal evolution.

May 01, 2014 07:16 AM EDT

Clever Neanderthals Weren't Inferior to Modern Humans: How They Really Became Extinct

Many people believe that Neanderthals were primitive, unable to compete with humans in terms of intelligence. If you think that, though, you'd better think again.

Apr 22, 2014 11:40 AM EDT

Why Neanderthals Went Extinct and Humans Survived: Epigenome Reveals Evolutionary Changes

While humans survived and thrived, Neanderthals went extinct. So what gave modern humans the leg up over other species?

Apr 09, 2014 08:32 AM EDT

Genome Analysis Reveals Neanderthals Interbred with Ancient Humans

Researchers have discovered that Neanderthals once interbred with humans after conducting a genome analysis.

Jan 30, 2014 06:57 PM EST

Modern Humans More Neanderthal Than Once Thought, Studies Suggest

It's getting harder and harder to take umbrage if someone calls you a Neanderthal.

Dec 20, 2013 03:59 PM EST

Neanderthal Genome Reveals Long History of Interbreeding with Early Humans

We're learning more than ever about ancient Neanderthals, thanks to the most complete sequence to date of the Neanderthal genome. The ancient DNA reveals a long history of Neanderthals interbreeding among at least four different types of early humans living in Europe and Asia.

Dec 18, 2013 11:10 AM EST

Sunlight Adaptation in Humans Inherited from Neanderthals

It turns out that we may have even more in common with Neanderthals than we thought. Scientists have already discovered that humans and Neanderthals once interbred, but now they're piecing together the specifics to find out exactly what traits persist in modern humans.

Dec 17, 2013 07:30 AM EST

Ancient Neanderthals Buried Their Dead Like Modern Humans

Humans aren't the only ones that pay respect to their dead and bury them. It turns out that Neanderthals did the same. The findings reveal that this ancient species may have been far more intelligent and human-like than archaeologists first expected.

Jul 09, 2013 02:09 PM EDT

Neanderthals May Have Shared Speech and Language with Modern Humans

Neanderthals died out hundreds of thousands of years ago, possibly even killed off by our ancient ancestors. Yet a growing body of evidence seems to point to the fact that our distant cousins had more in common with us than we first thought. New research reveals that Neanderthals may have shared spe...