Dental microwear analysis, which allows for the microscopic study of surface textures, confirmed that the marks were made ...

New research suggests that Neanderthal brains developed differently from modern human brains in a subtle but important way.

The discovery represents the oldest known example of invasive dental treatment, and it occurred tens of thousands of years ...

Homo heidelbergensis is widely seen as the most likely last common ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans. Known from ...

Researchers have found surprising links that show that Neanderthal ancestry influences our immune system today in ways more nuanced than previously recognized. Their work is published in the journal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neanderthals went extinct 40,000 years ago, and researchers are continuing to find clues about why.Mike Kemp/Getty Images ...

Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.

Neanderthal populations in southern Europe collected shellfish throughout the year, with a marked preference for the colder ...

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

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

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