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Neanderthals

Researchers found the remains of the frontal skulls of 35 large game animals in Des-Cubierta cave near Madrid, Spain.

Did Neanderthals Collect Impressive Animal Skulls?

Researchers found something "very strange" in a Spanish cave.

Alyssa McMurtry March 16, 2023

These Neronian points have no equivalent technology among the Neanderthal groups that lived before and after the arrival of the first modern humans in Grotte Mandrin.

How a Baby Tooth and Soot Rewrote the Story of Humans in Europe

Modern humans arrived in Southern France—deep in Neanderthal territory—10,000 years earlier than thought.

Ludovic Slimak February 14, 2022

The Figueira Brava cave in Portugal, where Neanderthals had their pick of fruits de mer.

Holed Up in a Portuguese Cave, Neanderthals Supped on Seafood

For skeptics, no amount of crab legs and speared shark are enough to upend the caveman stereotype.

Isaac Schultz April 6, 2020

Seymour Tower at high tide, surrounded by the English Channel (La Manche).

The Daily Race to Find Jersey Artifacts Before the Tide Comes In

In a place that comes and goes, slow archaeological work has to be done fast.

Isaac Schultz February 27, 2020

Shell game: Neanderthals likely found these cutting tools beneath the waves.

Some Neanderthals Wintered in Italy, Diving for Clams

In the absence of stone tools, bivalves would have to do.

Isaac Schultz January 16, 2020

Cave of Maltravieso

Cáceres, Spain

Cave of Maltravieso

A neighborhood park in the city of Cáceres hides what some believe are revolutionary examples of Neanderthal cave art.

Neanderthal figures along the trail.

Krapina, Croatia

Muzej Krapinskih Neandertalaca (Krapina Neanderthal Museum)

This modern, multimedia museum takes visitors on an evolutionary journey back in time.

The Le Rozel site in Normandy, which has yielded hundreds of Neanderthal footprints.

Found: A Windfall of Neanderthal Footprints in France

257 small steps for our human cousins, one giant leap for paleoanthropology.

Isaac Schultz September 9, 2019

The Neanderthal premolar unearthed in Wezmeh Cave.

An Iranian Cave, a Neanderthal Tooth, And an Ice-Age Murder Mystery

Lions, cave bears, and leopards, oh my!

Isaac Schultz August 27, 2019

Mighty scary world out there. Why not do some doodles?

Did Stone-Age Humans Paint for Fun?

This summer, chill like an ancient hominin and make some art.

Isaac Schultz August 19, 2019

A sampling of the teeth found in the Pit of Bones.

These Tiny Teeth Suggest Neanderthals Evolved Earlier Than We Thought

They came from Spain’s eerie “Pit of Bones.”

Sabrina Imbler May 16, 2019

Neanderthal hands, jawbones, and bones.

El Sidrón Neanderthal Bones

It's believed these prehistoric individuals were the victims of cannibalism.

A most modern <em>Mongolanthropus</em>.

This Skull Is Both Older and More Modern Than We Thought

Mongolanthropus was one of us.

Matthew Taub January 31, 2019

One of the Schöningen spears in 1997.

Neanderthals Had Advanced Hunting Technology

Contrary to what popular opinion might assume.

Matthew Taub January 25, 2019

The tiny bone fragment known as "Denisova 11" that yielded these unexpected results.

Found: Remains of a Half-Neanderthal, Half-Denisovan Ancient Human

We finally have first-generation evidence that our ancestors interbred.

Matthew Taub August 22, 2018

The marked location of the grotto.

Erkrath, Germany

Feldhofer Grotto

The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.

A model of a Neanderthal man, from London's Natural History Museum.

Why Did Neanderthals Have Such a Distinctive Face Shape?

New research disproves an often-cited theory about their powerful bite.

Natasha Frost April 5, 2018

The ladder shape composed of red horizontal and vertical lines (center left) dates to older than 64,000 years and was made by Neanderthals.

The Earliest European Cave Art Was Made by Neanderthals

A new study suggests that they had the capacity for symbolic behavior.

Natasha Frost February 23, 2018