Comparison of CT scans of a Neanderthal fossil and a modern human ... such as a more pronounced chin and higher forehead. These characteristics are now considered typical of modern human anatomy.

Findings, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, show that different hominin groups, including Homo sapiens and Neanderthal-like populations, weren't just existing in parallel.They were ...

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In humans, facial growth slows down during childhood and stops after ...

For example, the researchers found both current and ancient humans have Neanderthal genes that affect metabolism, immunity, ...

Less good is the fact that Neanderthal DNA can leave individuals predisposed to developing skin lesions called keratoses, ...

Imagine standing face-to-face with a Neanderthal, looking into eyes that reflect a world both alien and achingly familiar.

A fossil jawbone found off Taiwan has been confirmed as Denisovan using ancient protein analysis, revealing they lived in ...

Until now, the earliest known ivory artifacts came from the Upper Paleolithic, between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago. A few ...

Found in Ukraine, the fragments show signs of human manipulation—though researchers still haven't ruled out the possibility ...

This took an unexpected turn as a possible direct sequel to "Prey," but instead, what we have is a Predator going in a whole ...

Modern-day humans can have up to 4% DNA in ... But Metro has rounded up some traits which could signify you have Neanderthal ancestry. It’s not a common consideration, the length of a nose ...