A new study strengthens the hypothesis that the settlement of Europe could have been the result of several waves of migration at different times by a common source population
The molars from Sima de los Huesos site share dental tissue traits with Homo antecessor and Neanderthals, according to a new study
A study, published in the Journal of Anatomy, proposes the low genetic diversity of the Neanderthals as the principal cause of their extinction
A genomic analysis in samples of Neanderthals and modern humans shows a decrease in ADHD-associated genetic variants
Reconstructing how the landscape in this zone evolved is key to understanding how the Neanderthals occupied the Pre-Pyrenees territory
The recent results of the excavation of Figueira Brava (Portugal) now confirm that Neanderthals habitually used marine resources
Two children’s milk teeth from a site in north eastern Siberia have revealed a previously unknown group of people lived there during the last Ice Age
A new hypothesis for Neanderthal extinction supported by population modelling is put forward in a new study by Anna Degioanni from Aix Marseille Université, France and colleagues, published May 29, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE.
New article suggests wetter climates may have allowed Homo sapiens to expand across the deserts of Central Asia by 50-30,000 years ago
Neanderthals and modern humans diverged at least 800,000 years ago, substantially earlier than indicated by most DNA-based estimates