A comparison of cut marks on bones reveals that Neanderthal groups living fairly close to each other had their own distinct ...

In a Slovenian cave near the Idrijca River, archaeologists unearthed a strange artifact in 1995: a fragment of bone, about the length of a finger, punctured with round holes and charred by ancient ...

Neanderthals living at caves less than 45 miles apart appear to have used different techniques while preparing meat, ...

For Neanderthal hunters equipped with wood and stone hunting tools, the place was a veritable buffet. And you might expect ...

By comparing cut marks on bones found at northern Israel caves, researchers find early humans clung to passed-down methods ...

New research reveals Neanderthals had varying food preferences and spiced up their diets by using different food preparation ...

Neanderthals in two Israeli caves used distinct meat-cutting methods, hinting at cultural food traditions passed down through ...

Neanderthals living in Israel some 70,000 years ago butchered prey in markedly different ways, suggesting they had dinner ...

What we eat helps shape who we are. That’s why paleoanthropologists are so fascinated by ancient diets; they hold clues to ...

Two recent studies of Neanderthal archaeological sites (one on the coast of Portugal and one in central Germany) demonstrate yet again that our extinct cousins were smarter and more adaptable than ...

Culture gave humans edge over Neanderthals The first modern humans had something Neanderthals didn't. About 30,000 years ago, our Neanderthal neighbors died off while we survived.