Staring into the twinkling eyes in the weathered features of the Neanderthal man, it's possible to feel a moment of connection, of recognising another fellow human (albeit of a different species). He ...

Neanderthals also had larger eyes than modern humans. Their bigger bodies also necessitated more brain space for controlling movement. The authors of this study suggested that this left less ...

and one for brown eyes from your father. But the Altai Neanderthals often had one version of each gene. As the study reports, that low diversity suggests they lived in small bands—probably ...

Neanderthals were consummate hunters of medium ... 2005.11.008 Belfer-Cohen, A. & Hovers, E. In the eye of the beholder - Mousterian and Natufian burials in the Levant. Current Anthropology ...

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 ...

Terms in italic are defined in a glossary at the bottom of this page. Note that the Neanderthal is painted plaster of paris, with the maroon spots indicating pieces missing from the original.