At the time, thal was the region’s word for valley: Neander Thal, Neander Valley. In the early twentieth century thal changed to tal when the government standardized spelling across Germany. But ...

Nestled in Germany's picturesque Neander Valley where Neanderthals were first discovered, a museum is tapping into our growing fascination with our long-lost relatives. Inside a museum in western ...

This August marks the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the first Neandertal fossil in the Neander Valley near Dusseldorf, Germany. Ever since that time, paleontologists and anthropologists have ...

In 1856, a group of quarrymen discovered the remnants of a strange skeleton in Germany's lush Neander Valley. They thought it was a bear. They were wrong. In fact, the quarrymen had unearthed the ...

In August 1856, in the German valley of Neander—Neanderthal in German—men cutting limestone for the Prussian construction industry stumbled upon some bones in a cave. Looking vaguely human ...

In 1856, bones of an unrecognizable hominid turned up in Germany's Neander Valley. This early human and others like it—sturdy, large-headed individuals—came to be known as Neanderthals ...

The debate about the disappearance of Neanderthals has been ongoing since their discovery in Germany's Neander Valley in 1856. Various theories have emerged, including that they were outcompeted ...

Guido (Jacob Matschenz) is a teenage boy growing up in Germany's Neander Valley, which is famous as the place where the first evidence of the Neanderthal Man was discovered.

Neandertal Genome To Be Deciphered Date: July 20, 2006 Source: Max Planck Society Summary: Researchers in Germany and the United States have announced an ambitious plan to complete a first draft ...

When the original Neanderthal skull with the heavy brow and thick bones was found by quarrymen in Germany’s Neander Valley in 1856, British geologist William King interpreted them along the ...

They vanished from the earth 35,000 years ago but Neanderthals continue to prowl through our imaginations, clad in fur and wielding clubs. Since the skeletal remains of these archetypal cavemen were ...