Grease is the word – at least, it was for Neanderthals living in what is now Germany some 125,000 years ago. New research ...

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as ...

The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of ...

More than 400,000 years ago—long before the rise of the first agricultural civilizations or even the arrival of Homo sapiens ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Germany has revealed a surprising aspect of Neanderthal life—one that showcases their ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

This practice has been documented as far back as 28,000 years ago, but has not been confirmed at older sites, making ...

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

Paleoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak, who studies Neanderthals and their possible interactions with Homo sapiens, holds two tools, the smaller belonging to H. sapiens, the other to Neanderthals ...