A Neanderthal variant in an enzyme involved in energy production has been linked to ​​a 50% lower probability of achieving ...

For Neanderthal hunters equipped with wood and stone hunting tools, the place was a veritable buffet. And you might expect ...

New research reveals Neanderthals had varying food preferences and spiced up their diets by using different food preparation ...

Neanderthals living just 70 kilometers apart in Israel may have had different food prep customs, according to new research on butchered animal bones. These subtle variations — like how meat was cut ...

Neanderthals in two nearby caves used different techniques when butchering animal carcasses in what is now Israel, according ...

A new study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that Neanderthals living in two nearby caves in northern ...

A recent study, published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, offers a fascinating look into the butchery ...

“For a long time we had this idea of Neanderthals as being very focused on survival and not very culturally developed,” said ...

These differences in butchery practices cannot be explained by tool type, skill, or available resources, indicating that cultural practices might be responsible.

A comparison of cut marks on bones reveals that Neanderthal groups living fairly close to each other had their own distinct ...

By comparing cut marks on bones found at northern Israel caves, researchers find early humans clung to passed-down methods ...

Differences in cut-marks left behind by butchery can’t be explained by different resources, tools, or skill levels, ...