An Open Day organised by the Portimão Museum will allow history buffs to discover archaeological remains in the Gruta da ...

Discoveries from the genomes of the last Neanderthals are rewriting the story of how our own species came to replace them ...

Research shows some African populations have almost no Neanderthal DNA, while those from European or Asian backgrounds have 1 ...

Was the biggest bug to ever live a predator? Scientists claim that the huge primitive millipede was a plant eater.

C/2023 A3 has been dubbed a potential “comet of the century” because of its beautiful cometary tail that is visible to the ...

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern ...

It was a new species of hominin, now known as Denisovans, who were the first human cousins identified only by their DNA.

They did interbreed, which left traces of Neanderthal DNA in our genome. Discover More Amazing Facts About Human Origins: A version of this story was published in 2013; it has been updated for 2024.

A once-in-a-lifetime event is about to happen this weekend, with a comet that's not been seen for 80,000 years set to be visible.

Braving the cold weather required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and to know how to make fire. But did they wear clothes?

A new study supports a growing theory that the Neanderthals' downfall was not due to environmental changes or disease but their antisocial lifestyle.

A letter from the PTPA to the ITIA is the first of a series of maneuvers that could redraw the contract between players and ...