The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals originated. Columnist ...

Africa has long been known as the cradle of humanity. Fossils, tools and genetics all point there. Yet the deeper story of how the first modern humans lived, moved and mixed has stayed blurry. Too ...

Yet a detailed analysis of the remains of a Neanderthal baby shows that from a very young age, they were already different, ...

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analysed the dynamics of possible encounters between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans ...