Claims that a small-brained hominin called Homo naledi buried its dead raise intriguing questions about ancient minds and why ...

"Who were the Denisovans? Denisovans are the first group of ancient extinct archaic humans to have been discovered based on their DNA alone, even though this happened by accident. In 2008 research was ...

According to new research, Neanderthal DNA genes could be the reason that some people are more prone to a type of headache-causing brain defect.

Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the ...

New research highlights the prevalence of maggots as an easily obtained, nutrient-rich supplement of ancient hominin diets.

Study of rotting human cadavers hints that a puzzling chemical marker in Neanderthal remains could be from eating the larvae.

A chemical signature in Neanderthal remains that suggests voracious meat eating has long puzzled researchers. Now, new ...

A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest multifunctional tool of its kind. This Ice Age “Swiss Army ...

Yet the Scladina multitool is the first known lion bone turned into a tool. It means Neanderthals not only handled lions, but ...

Neanderthals in two nearby caves used different techniques when butchering animal carcasses in what is now Israel, according ...

Neanderthals living just 70 kilometers apart in Israel may have had different food prep customs, according to new research on butchered animal bones. These subtle variations — like how meat was cut ...