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The Volcano That May Have Killed Off the Neanderthals Is Stirring Once Again
Responsible for Europe’s largest eruption, the volcano is showing signs of another pending explosion
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Why Humans Don’t Have More Neanderthal DNA
The mutations humans acquired from Neanderthals are slowly being purged from the genome overtime
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Neanderthals May Have Given Us Both Good Genes and Nasty Diseases
DNA analysis shows ancient hominds transmitted genes that may have helped us adapt quicker to Europe and Asia. They also gave us HPV.
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Did Neanderthals Die Out Because of the Paleo Diet?
A new theory links their fate to a meat-heavy regimen
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Why Do Humans Have Canine Teeth and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answered
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Human Diseases May Have Doomed the Neanderthals
Stomach ulcers, herpes, ringworm and other tropical diseases may have all contributed to the Neanderthal demise
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Humans and Neanderthals May Have Had Trouble Making Male Babies
The Neanderthal Y chromosome hasn’t persisted in modern humans
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New Study Details Interbreeding of Ancient Humans With Evolutionary Cousins
Genetic analysis shows multiple periods of inbreeding—trysts that may have given ancient humans the genetic tools they needed to survive
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Humans May Have Had Romantic Rendezvous With Neanderthals 100,000 Years Ago
New DNA evidence suggests that ancient humans got busy with our stocky Neanderthal cousins much earlier than previously thought
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Thank Neanderthals for Your Immune System
Genes inherited from our ancient cousins may have helped fight off disease
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Investigating the Case of the Earliest Known Murder Victim
A 430,000-year-old skull discovered in a Spanish cave bears evidence of deliberate, lethal blunt force trauma
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Neanderthal Jewelry Is Just as Fiercely Cool as You’d Imagine
A re-examination of a cave find indicates that the early human species sported eagle talons like some kind of prehistoric punk rockers
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Neanderthals Divvied Up Chores by Sex
New research on Neanderthal teeth shows differing gender roles
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Neanderthal Carvings in a Gibraltar Cave Reveal Some of Europe’s Oldest Known Artwork
Some argue, however, that Homo sapiens are responsible for the etchings
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Evidence Shows Neanderthals Ate Birds
Squab was apparently on the neanderthal menu for over 40,000 years in Gibraltar
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Neanderthals Ate Their Vegetables
Traces of feces found in Spain show that neanderthals ate their vegetables
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Neanderthals Went Extinct 30,000 Years Ago, But Their DNA Is Still in the Human Genome
Some of the Neanderthal genes made important contributions while others made us more susceptible to disease
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Research suggests they fashioned tools, buried their dead, maybe cared for the sick and even conversed. But why, if they were so smart, did they disappear?
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