When our ancient ancestors made the journey out of Africa and took their first steps in Eurasia, they came face-to-face with Neanderthals for the first time – and boy, did they hit it off. In fact, ...

Long before genetic testing and genome browsers, a small child was laid to rest in a shallow grave on the slopes of Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel. Today that youngster, known as Skhūl, is at the ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

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Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave ...