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

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

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Chris Green is a member of the Holocaust Education Committee of the Quad Cities, a group dedicated to teaching people about the history of the Holocaust. Green says her inspiration is Eva Kor, a ...

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 ...

A recent study on the geological and stratigraphic context of the L’Enclos site, located in Mainvilliers (in northern France, ...

Standing proud in the Museum's Human Evolution gallery are two of the most scientifically accurate reconstructions that exist of a Neanderthal and early modern human. Find out how these lifelike ...

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when exactly this DNA mixing occurred. Such a revelation could help ...

Neanderthal blood protein differences linked to health risks Rare RhD type incompatible with other hominid blood types Genetic incompatibilities may explain Neanderthal extinction ...

One of the all-time great rock frontmen has a new album on the way. Bob Mould, formerly of Hüsker Dü and Sugar, has released more than a dozen solo albums over the years, and he’s about to add to that ...

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 ...