Neanderthal Gene Still Shapes Muscle and Jaws in Some Living Humans
Neanderthals vanished roughly 42,000 years ago, but a piece of their biology appears to be quietly at work…
Scientists Find Traces of Two Unknown Archaic Hominins in Human DNA
New research led by the University of California, Berkeley reveals that beyond Neanderthals and Denisovans, humans interbred with…
Oldest Wooden Tool May Be a 430,000-Year-Old “Stick” Found in Greece
Artist’s impression of a Stone Age hunter-gatherer manufacturing the oldest known wooden handheld tool. Credit: G. Prieto, K.…
Uncovering Britain’s first inhabitants: from Neanderthals to the Stone Age
Our resilient hunter-gatherer ancestors contended with wild animals, tsunamis and the watery separation of Britain from mainland Europe,…
Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as Natural Antibiotic
New experiments show that tar made from birch bark — long known as a tool adhesive — can…
Neanderthals May Have Hunted Giant Elephants that Roamed across Prehistoric Europe
Chemical clues preserved in the teeth of straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from the 125,000-year-old site of Neumark-Nord in…
Spain’s Neanderthal ‘refugee camps’: 47 sites, a unique alphabet and a life between the tides
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 15:34 | Updated 15:42h. NEANDERTHALS were never numerous, with their global population estimated to…
News – 400,000-Year-Old Hearth Identified in England
Artifacts September/October 2025 Read Article Courtesy Adrian Marsden A Passion for Fruit May/June 2025 Northern France and England…
Study: Genetic Variant Inherited from Neanderthals Reduces Activity of Key Muscle Enzyme
The Neanderthal variant in AMPD1 decreases its enzymatic activity by 25% in lab-produced proteins and by up to…