Recent discoveries provide new insights into why Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000 years ago. Specifically, a study ...

Standing proud in the Museum's Human Evolution gallery are two of the most scientifically accurate reconstructions that exist of a Neanderthal and early modern ... fleshing out the face using a chart ...

“By including fossils from a wide geographical and temporal range, we were able to capture a comprehensive picture of Neanderthal evolution,” explained study co-author Mercedes Conde-Valverde ...

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A recent study sheds light on the mechanisms behind this unique evolution. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology compared facial development in humans, Neanderthals, ...

"The Neanderthal genome is a gold mine of information about recent human evolution, and it will be put to use for years to come," he said.

The researchers estimate that the skulls are about 430,000 years old—the oldest specimens with Neanderthal features to be found thus far, according to Arsuaga. “We now have a reliable minimum age for ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

One of the great mysteries of human evolution is the intermediate step represented by the presence of Neanderthals for thousands of years. The question is whether their disappearance is linked to ...

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More information: Alexandra Schuh et al, Human midfacial growth pattern differs from that of Neanderthals and chimpanzees, Journal of Human Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2025.103667 ...

In a study published Monday in the Journal of Human Evolution, a research team shows that modern human faces reach their final adult size much earlier than Neanderthal faces, and that ...