but suggest that the eye-catching specimens may have been gathered by Neanderthal children who found them entrancing. The practice of collecting may seem like a pretty basic behavior, but it is in ...

“They might have been collected by children. The collection of objects is characteristic of childhood, and remains of Neanderthal children were found in Prado Vargas,” it added. While ...

During this peak, early humans "encountered Neanderthals, had sex and gave birth to children on a fairly regular basis," said CNN. It is estimated that 1% to 3% of people have DNA that can be ...

The reasons for the demise of the Neanderthals some 30 thousand years ago, only a few millennia after the first appearance of modern humans in Europe, remain controversial, and are a focus of ...

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

Neanderthals, our distant cousins, first appeared in Eurasia around 400,000 years ago. They’ve long been portrayed as sturdy, but brutish and dim-witted: the ultimate caveman. But ever since the ...

Children's and Youth Book Fair in Burgos, Chitina Moreno-Torres presents a story illustrated with contributions from children in Burgos, as ...