Homo sapiens’ interconnected networks gave them a survival edge over more isolated Neanderthals amid environmental changes.

A latest study utilizing advanced spatial modeling has revealed that neither climate change nor direct competition with early modern humans can fully explain the disappearance of Neanderthals from ...

A new study suggests Neanderthals didn’t go extinct simply because of climate change or competition with Homo sapiens. Instead, the key difference may have been social connectivity—Homo sapiens formed ...

New research suggests Neanderthals’ extinction was driven less by climate or intelligence gaps and more by weaker social connectivity compared to Homo sapiens. Using digital ecology models, scientists ...

3D models of Homo sapiens (top two images) and Homo neanderthalensis (bottom two images) crania for visual comparison. The human model was created from DICOM files of an anonymized volunteer patient ...

Neanderthal intelligence may have been similar to modern humans, with research showing minimal cognitive differences between ...

The remains were found 10 years ago in Iraq, where researchers have been digging up a burial site since the 1950s. Ten years ago, archeologists found the remains of a shattered skull. In the years ...

While Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived near each other and likely interacted, they usually preferred living in slightly ...

Figure 1: Computer simulations of population density of Neanderthals (left) and Homo sapiens (right) 43,000 years ago (upper) and 38,000 years ago (lower). Orange (green) circles indicate ...