Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest ...

Deep beneath the French countryside, in La Roche-Cotard cave, finger-drawn lines and dots lay hidden under 30 feet of ...

LONGTAN, CHINA—CNN reports that stone tools synonymous with Neanderthals were discovered at the Longtan site in southwest China's Yunnan Province—but no Neanderthal is thought to have ever ventured ...

ZWOLEN, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that archaeologists have uncovered a site in the Mazovia region that they believe served as a Neanderthal tool workshop around 70,000 years ago. The site of ...

Scientists analyzed ochre tools from Ukraine and Crimea, revealing Neanderthals shaped them with artistic intent. Modified ochre fragments show signs of grinding, scoring, and deliberate design, ...

All around the pit, I now see, are other lithics and fossilized bones. The place, Maureille says, was probably a butchery where Neanderthals in small numbers processed the results of what appear to ...

Neanderthals living in two nearby caves in ancient Israel prepared their food in surprisingly different ways, according to new archaeological evidence. Despite using the same tools and hunting the ...

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to AI-powered genetic research, scientists have revealed a far more entangled ...

Researchers in Spain say they have found evidence that Neanderthals were capable of creating art — challenging the idea that art began with the modern humans who succeeded them. The canvas was a ...