Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The early Neanderthal remains, called the Krapina fossils, date back approximately 130,000 years and were unearthed in Croatia. The “classic” Neanderthal remains come from different regions ...

Modern humans later evolved in Africa, spread across the globe, and encountered Neanderthals, Denisovans and possibly other unknown archaic human groups. Yet by 40,000 years ago, only modern ...

A stash of 15 marine fossils has been found in a Neanderthal cave in northern Spain, indicating that the extinct hominids may have developed a passion for accumulating stuff in the same way that ...

“I kind of fell off my chair.” The next year, they found a set of DNA variants along a single chromosome inherited from Neanderthals had the opposite effect: protecting people from severe COVID. The ...

The front teeth of essentially all Neanderthals are worn down far more than their back teeth, which means they used their mouths to hold and manipulate objects, not just to eat. This dental wear ...