The two species began burying their dead at roughly the same time and place. Now some archaeologists think competition may ...

Scientists in China have unearthed a new human species with remarkable physical characteristics. The remains of 16 ...

For a long time, the existing fossil evidence seemed to show that Homo sapiens demonstrated “modern” behaviors beginning in ...

Researchers believe that the extinct human species lived in small groups, which might have made them susceptible to ...

Neanderthals tended to bury their dead in caves, while early modern humans buried their dead in the fetal position, new ...

A University of Hawaiʻi researcher says he may have found a new human species called Homo juluensis, which includes ...

Paleolithic cuisine was anything but lean and green, according to a study on the diets of our Pleistocene ancestors. For a ...

The Levant, encompassing modern-day Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and the Palestinian territories, was a cultural crossroads during the Middle Paleolithic period. Both groups of hominins arrived at similar ...

The sticky tar helped Neanderthals produce glue to make weapons and tools. The so-called factory — a carefully designed ...

But a new analysis of ancient burials in part of the Middle East called the Levant suggests that the dead may have been used as Paleolithic property deeds, separating Neanderthals from Homo sapiens.