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28,000-year-old Neanderthal-and-human 'Lapedo child' lived tens of thousands of years after our closest relatives went extinctResearchers used a novel method of radiocarbon dating to figure out the age of the Lapedo child, who had both Neanderthal and human traits.
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Neanderthal 'population bottleneck' around 110,000 years ago may have contributed to their extinctionA study of the inner ear bones of Neanderthals shows a significant loss of diversity in their shape around 110,000 years ago, suggesting a genetic bottleneck that contributed to Neanderthals' decline.
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'Speech gene' seen only in modern humans may have helped us evolve to talkA specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans, scientists say. And it changes how mice squeak.
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Neanderthal quiz: How much do you know about our closest relatives?Quiz Think you know everything about Neanderthals? Take our quiz to find out.
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Neanderthals' blood type may help explain their demise, new study findsHuman populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood group systems.
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From 'the last Neanderthal' to sacrifices in Peru: Our biggest archaeology stories of 2024Here are our biggest archeology stories of 2024.
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10 fascinating discoveries about Neanderthals in 2024, from 'Thorin' the last Neanderthal to an ancient glue factoryThis year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in extinction.
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Are Neanderthals and Homo sapiens the same species?Scientists have been vollying the question back and forth for more than a century.
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Rock found by a 6-year-old on a beach is actually a 50,000-year-old Neanderthal axThe 6-year-old boy found the rock and then didn't tell anyone for three years. But a new examination reveals it was made by some of the last Neanderthals.
