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Neanderthals: Who were they and what did our extinct human relatives look like?
Discover interesting facts about who Neanderthals were, whether they mated with modern humans and when they died out.
Neanderthals, modern humans and a mysterious human lineage mingled in caves in ancient Israel, study finds
A newly excavated cave in Israel holds burials and artifacts suggesting that multiple human species commingled and shared ideas there during the Paleolithic.
Most ancient Europeans had dark skin, eyes and hair up until 3,000 years ago, new research finds
A new study charts the genetics of skin, hair and eye color in Europe over 45,000 years.
28,000-year-old Neanderthal-and-human 'Lapedo child' lived tens of thousands of years after our closest relatives went extinct
Researchers used a novel method of radiocarbon dating to figure out the age of the Lapedo child, who had both Neanderthal and human traits.
1.5 million-year-old bone tools crafted by human ancestors in Tanzania are oldest of their kind
The discovery of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools upends what we know about tool manufacturing in East Africa.
Neanderthal 'population bottleneck' around 110,000 years ago may have contributed to their extinction
A 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.
1.4 million-year-old jaw that was 'a bit weird for Homo' turns out to be from never-before-seen human relative
The newfound species belongs to the genus Paranthropus, whose nickname is "nutcracker man."
Human evolution quiz: What do you know about Homo sapiens?
This human evolution quiz will test your knowledge of our species, including when and how we evolved.
