Archaeological findings reveal Neanderthals operated a 'fat factory' 125,000 years ago in what is now Germany, smashing bones ...

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as ...

The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, ...

The Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives, and they continue to fascinate as we peer back through tens of thousands ...

The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of ...

An ancient human site in Germany features animal bones that were smashed into small pieces and heated to extract fat 125,000 ...

A new study reveals that Stone Age humans in Germany operated a 'fat factory' to extract nutrients from animal bones.

According to the authors, the huge cache of bones may have been collected over a period of time before being imported to ...

The evidence constitutes the earliest clear case of intensive grease-rendering yet documented for the Paleolithic.

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

The predecessors of the Neanderthals likely split from the ancestors of modern humans at least 500,000 years ago, and spread out across Europe and into southwest and central Asia.

Take heart in this impression. A century ago, when adolescent psychology first emerged as a field of study, that was exactly ...