Research suggests Neanderthals likely had a wide range of skin and hair pigmentation rather than one fixed appearance. Some populations, especially in more northern regions, may have had lighter skin, ...

The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has led the international team behind a new study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences exploring the complex ...

Scientists dug up a Paleolithic tooth that shows signs that these hominins may have been capable of executing a precise ...

A study from U.S. and Chinese researchers suggests Neanderthals and early modern humans probably had similar cognitive ...

About 59,000 years ago, a Neanderthal living in the mountains of Siberia had one hell of a toothache, and seemingly, decided ...

Researchers examining the brains of living people found that they differed more substantially than Neanderthals' brains ...

Molar found in Siberia features deep hole that appears to show earliest known evidence of dental treatment ...

We now know that Neanderthals both had the knowledge to identify a tooth infection and the fine motor skills to drill out the damage.

A new study has revealed that Neanderthals possessed an unexpected and highly durable tool in their kits: the teeth of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Marks found on fossilized rhino teeth discovered in ...

The prehistoric hominins “apparently were very adept at what we would consider invasive medicine,” said the anthropologist ...

Some 59,000 years ago, a Neanderthal developed a toothache. What happened next was, in many ways, astonishing. This individual figured out the source of their pain, deep inside a molar. They probably ...