New research hints that some living people inherited a gene variant from Neanderthals that has made them slightly taller and ...

In contrast to those who resided in Siberia, Neanderthals who lived in what's now Belgium and France shortly before the species vanished seem to have been genetically diverse and healthy ...

Neanderthals passed along a gene variant to modern humans that can make some people buff, a new study finds.

Imagine walking down a busy city street and passing someone who looks almost human but not quite. They are shorter, broader, ...

Deep in the Vârghiș Gorges, tucked away in the dark recesses of a cave, researchers have found the first evidence that Neanderthals used bone tools in Romania.

A Neanderthal gene associated with bone and muscle growth still exists in some people, who tend to have more muscle mass and other Neanderthal-like features, according to a new study in Current ...

Now, a new study suggests that Neanderthals might even be influencing our muscles. Among modern people who carry a ...

A chance find of rare rock crystal tools a century ago paved the way for a better understanding of Neanderthals today.

In another demonstration, the researchers performed the analysis on African populations, which only received Neanderthal and ...

Neanderthals were generally more strongly built than most people living today. Their bones show signs of large muscles, and ...

Millions carry a Neanderthal gene that builds extra muscle—scientists just discovered how it works.

Researchers exhumed “hundreds of thousands” of artifacts. Archaeologists have uncovered surprising facts that challenge previously held notions about Neanderthals thanks to a trove of artifacts found ...