Not much is known about the mysterious, prehistoric Châtelperronian people, but they did leave behind some tantalizing clues.

Neanderthals weren’t brutish cavemen. Evidence shows they invented glue, created fire with flint and pyrite, buried their dead, and painted caves 65,000 years ago — long before Homo sapiens reached ...

Stone tools dated to at least 130,000 years ago were found on Crete, an island separated from the mainland for over 5 million years. Likely Mousterian or Acheulean, the artifacts suggest Neanderthals ...

Two new hominin track sites discovered on Portugal beaches change how we view Neanderthals’ relationship with coastlines.

Learn about the first Neanderthal tracksites found in the Iberian Peninsula, featuring footprints from adults, adolescents, ...

A new study suggests that fragments unearthed at an archaeological site in Uzbekistan look like other examples of arrowheads ...

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 ...

A study involving the University of Seville reveals the first Neanderthal footprints of adults, children and birds in southern Portugal, a discovery ...

In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the ...

(CNN) — In a rocky outcrop on Mount Carmel, in what is now Israel, a group of ancient humans buried their dead about 140,000 years ago. Scientists uncovered the site, called Skhul Cave, in 1928, and ...