WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Neanderthals used plant fibers to create string more than 40,000 years ago at a site in France where they hunted reindeer, further evidence according to scientists of the ingenuity and cognitive capabilities of our closest extinct human ... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Neanderthal skeleton unearthed in an Iraqi cave already famous for fossils of these extinct cousins of our species is providing fresh evidence that they buried their dead – and intriguing clues that flowers may have been used in such r... More »
FILE PHOTO – The replica of a Neanderthal skull is displayed in the new Neanderthal Museum in the northern Croatian town of Krapina, Croatia on February 25, 2010. REUTERS/Nikola Solic/File Photo Ancient DNA from dental plaque is revealing intriguing new inform... More »
