Ancestors or Relics? Neanderthals have long fascinated scientists and the general public alike. Are they our distant ...

The Fascination with Neanderthals Begins For many, the name Neanderthals conjures images of hairy, robust humans who walked ...

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Almost two centuries after the first Neanderthal was discovered, we are still learning a great deal about our ancient relatives. Neanderthals weren't the cave-dwelling, knuckle-dragging brutes ...

Humans once had a way smaller footprint. "Homo Sapiens, modern humans, evolved in Africa," says Arev Sümer, a paleogenetics PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ...

PETER: Most people that live today outside of Africa have about 1 to 2% of the genome inherited from a Neanderthal ancestor. DANIEL: Now, the timing of this ancient interbreeding has been hazy.

Visit iconic archaeological sites and deepen your knowledge of Neanderthals and early human ancestors, all while journeying from Bordeaux across the picturesque south of France. Traverse through ...