New genetic research on ancient human remains, dating back around 45,000 years, has revealed significant insights into early human migrations and the extent of interactions… Read More »Ancient DNA Study Reveals Early Human Migration and Neanderthal Interbreeding
Recent discoveries have shed new light on the creative capabilities of Neanderthals, challenging longstanding beliefs about their cultural practices and artistic traditions. A simple yet… Read More »Neanderthal Bone Carving Pushes Back Limits of Symbolic Thought
Researchers from the University of Montreal have made a groundbreaking discovery that challenges our traditional views on the evolution of human behavior: a multi-purpose bone… Read More »Neanderthals Showed Sophisticated Tool-Making Skills
These remains display a large proportion of cut marks caused by stone tools when the meat was cut, and the bones display fractures as a… Read More »Cannibalism and Tool Use Among Neanderthals
No one knows what happened when we, Homo sapiens, first encountered the Neanderthals. But we know we met. We know that for thousands of years… Read More »The Complex and Compassionate Neanderthal
In a groundbreaking study published in PLOS ONE on June 21, 2023, researchers identified a series of markings on the walls of La Roche-Cotard cave… Read More »Neanderthal Engravings Found in French Cave
Shanidar Cave, located in the Zagros Mountains of Iraq’s Kurdish autonomous region, is home to one of the most intriguing and debated Neanderthal archaeological sites.… Read More »New Research Challenges the Neanderthal “Flower Burial” Hypothesis
In a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, researchers from the Université de Montréal and the University of Genoa have… Read More »Neanderthals and Humans Shared Similar Spatial Organization Strategies
A remarkable fossilized Neanderthal discovered in a cave system in the Rhône Valley, France, has revealed an ancient and previously unknown lineage of Neanderthals that… Read More »Ancient DNA Reveals a Previously Unknown Neanderthal Lineage
New research shows Ice Age teens from 25,000 years ago went through similar puberty stages as modern-day adolescents. In a study published today in the… Read More »New Research Reveals the Timing of Puberty in Ice Age Teens