Genetic legacy of our ancient cousins could be making it harder for some people to reach their athletic potential.

For Neanderthal hunters equipped with wood and stone hunting tools, the place was a veritable buffet. And you might expect ...

A Neanderthal variant in an enzyme involved in energy production has been linked to ​​a 50% lower probability of achieving ...

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Ancient footprints found near the shores of Portugal's Algarve region are giving us fresh insights into the lives of ...

A comparison of cut marks on bones reveals that Neanderthal groups living fairly close to each other had their own distinct ...

The enzyme AMPD1 plays a key role in muscle energy production and normal muscular function. Loss of AMPD1 activity due to ...

Neanderthals in two nearby caves used different techniques when butchering animal carcasses in what is now Israel, according ...

Some persistent headaches hide a much older origin than one might imagine. A study reveals a surprising link between a brain ...

This evidence poses the question of why current human populations are predominantly descended from the latest “out of Africa” ...

New research reveals Neanderthals had varying food preferences and spiced up their diets by using different food preparation ...

Neanderthals living just 70 kilometers apart in Israel may have had different food prep customs, according to new research on butchered animal bones. These subtle variations — like how meat was cut ...