Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 16:32
Neanderthal fossils, found in an Italian cave in the 1980s, are actually remains of medieval humans, a new research has found.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 09:36
A tiny toebone from a Neanderthal woman who lived around 50,000 years ago has shown that several branches of early humans interbred before a single group, Homo sapiens, rose to dominate.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 15:01
Neanderthals, like modern humans, had separate areas in their shelters dedicated to various activities and household chores, according to a new study.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 13:16
Ancient viruses from Neanderthals dating back 500,000 years have been found in modern human DNA, Oxford scientists say.
Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 19:58
After studying calcified plaque on Neanderthal fossil teeth found in El Sidron cave in Spain, researchers have found that members of this extinct human species cooked vegetables and consumed bitter-tasting medicinal plants such as chamomile and yarrow.
Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 17:52
A new research based on the Cova Forada Neanderthal fossil has shown that hominid used toothpicks to mitigate pain caused by oral diseases such as inflammation of the gums, periodontal disease.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 14:24
Our closest cousins - the Neanderthals - may have shared speech and language with modern humans, a new research suggests.
Last Updated: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 12:03
The first case of a bone tumour of the ribs in a Neanderthal specimen reveals that at least one Neanderthal suffered a cancer that is common in modern-day humans, according to a new research.
Last Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 12:24
Researchers from the US and Australia have claimed that they can now use fossil teeth to calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 16:57
Scientists have discovered 14 specimens of Neanderthal remains, including bones of children and adults, in a cave in Greece.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 28, 2013, 11:49
The skeletal remains of an individual that lived 40,000-30,000 years ago were found in northern Italy and are believed to be that of a human/Neanderthal hybrid.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 16:25
German scientists have completed the first high-quality sequencing of a Neanderthal genome, and made it freely available online to the scientific community.
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