Learn more about Thorin the Neanderthal, one of the last remaining specimens of ancient humans to be found in Eurasia.

It may be a politically incorrect to say it, but desperate times require words commensurate with the existential threat of ...

A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic shift that temporarily weakened the planet’s natural ...

A new explanation has emerged for why Homo sapiens survived in Europe and North Asia when the apparently better-adapted ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo ...

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...

Imagine standing face-to-face with a Neanderthal, looking into eyes that reflect a world both alien and achingly familiar.

A cave in Israel reveals traces of coexistence between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens that differs significantly from what was previously imagined. The discoveries suggest advanced cultural and ...

Findings, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, show that different hominin groups, including Homo sapiens and Neanderthal-like populations, weren't just existing in parallel.