Researchers are on firmer ground when it comes to the physiological impacts of increased UV radiation. With the weakened magnetic field, more harmful radiation would have reached Earth's surface, ...

Genetic legacy of our ancient cousins could be making it harder for some people to reach their athletic potential.

MailOnline has asked leading paleoanthropologists to reveal what the hybrid children of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals would ...

At times during the BBC's new landmark documentary series Human (BBC2, Mon, 9pm), the evolution of our species sounds like a ...

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

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the likely origin of a neurological condition estimated to impact up to one per ...

Researchers have uncovered the first Neanderthal footprints in Portugal, offering rare insight into how early humans lived in ...

Neanderthals got dealt a pretty bad hand by the anthropologists at the time of their discovery. Many people even in modern ...

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the likely origin of a ...

Iceman may have come to an unfortunate end while crossing the Alps more than 5,000 years ago, but thanks to his ...

Worldwide, the oldest known artifact of this type is a bone knife that was manufactured by modern humans in Morocco around 90,000 years ago. The revelation that Neanderthals were also working with ...