In 2016, a 59,000-year-old lower second molar tooth from a Neanderthal was found in Chagyrskaya Cave in the Altai Mountains ...

In 1857, the German anatomist Hermann Schaaffhausen analyzed a human fossil with "an extraordinary form" that he had never ...

Neanderthal intelligence may have been similar to modern humans, with research showing minimal cognitive differences between the groups.

For a long time, Neanderthals have intrigued both scientists and historians. They were not mere primitive cavemen walking ...

A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar contains evidence of a cavity removal procedure, offering fresh insight into these early ...

Researchers unearthed a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar that shows signs of dental surgery, a discovery that pushes back ...

For decades, many paleoarchaeologists believed Neanderthals went extinct largely because they just weren’t intelligent enough ...

Homo sapiens’ interconnected networks gave them a survival edge over more isolated Neanderthals amid environmental changes.

A surprising new discovery suggests that Neanderthals may have carried out a form of dental treatment nearly 60,000 years ago. Researchers studying an ancient tooth found evidence that these early ...

Language may feel like one of the most distinctly human things about you, but the genetic groundwork for it appears to be older than our own species. A new study from University of Iowa Health Care ...

A drilled Neanderthal molar from Russia suggests ancient humans used stone tools to treat painful tooth infections 59,000 ...