Researchers have described the first "articulated" remains of a Neanderthal to be discovered ... by thousands of years of sediment, and upper body bones almost to the waist - with the left hand ...

Early modern humans were taller and less stocky than Neanderthals, perhaps more suited to endurance running than short bursts of speed. The Homo sapiens man's body proportions were similar to those of ...

Neanderthals lived as far north as Siberia. Their broad chests, noses, shoulders and pelvises, as well as their short limbs, let them conserve body heat in the frigid climates where they lived.

Scientists have produced a remarkable reconstruction of what a Neanderthal woman would have ... that comprised much of the individual's upper-body, including the spine, shoulders, arms and hands.

The earliest Neanderthal fossils we have date from around 430,000 years ago. These hominids lived alongside early Homo ...

These populations might have been culturally and geographically close but genetically isolated, indicating a complex population structure among late Neanderthals. Why didn’t they interbreed at ...