Fossils, stone tools and seashells in Turkey show that Neanderthals and the Homo sapiens who moved in later had the same ...

Scientists have long known that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived alongside each other for thousands of years—until ...

When I explain my research interests to new acquaintances, I’m often asked questions like “what would you do if you met a ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens may have had more in common than previously thought, according to new research. Archaeologists ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, Homo sapiens coexisted with Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis. Many of us living today ...

The two different species, our ancestors, even collected the same seashells - suggesting a cultural exchange that crossed the ...

Learn how shells found in a Turkish cave may show Neanderthals and modern humans shared culture, tools, and symbolic habits.

The excavation of a cave in southern Türkiye revealed evidence of shared technologies, survival strategies, and even symbolic ...

Excavations at Tinshemet Cave in central Israel have produced evidence that Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens used the same ...

An unchartered area in the foothills of the Southern Pyrenees in Spain is providing insights into a poorly known period of Neanderthal history, offering clues that could help archaeologists uncover ...

Scientists are fleshing out their understanding of Neanderthals by analyzing a Neanderthal tooth. The dental analysis is leading scientists to believe that Neanderthals were more advanced than ...

Cavemen hunted turtles — but not for food, new research suggests. Scientists say that shells of reptiles caught by children may have been used as ladles or digging devices by early humans over 100,000 ...