First appearing in the archaeological record between 200,000 and 400,000 years ago, the Levallois method is a hallmark of Neanderthal tool making in this period.

Deep in the Caucasus Mountains in southwestern Russia, a Neanderthal cave revealed a ... Cleghorn, Alexander M. Kulkov, Nikolai N. Potrakhov, Viktor B. Bessonov and Nikolai E.

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known ...

Epoxy casts of the La Ferrassie I Neanderthal thumb and index-finger bones were scanned with a Minolta Vivid 900 laser digitizer to produce three-dimensional polygon mesh models that are accurate ...

LONGTAN, CHINA—CNN reports that stone tools synonymous with Neanderthals were discovered at the Longtan site in southwest China's Yunnan Province—but no Neanderthal is thought to have ever ...

Archaeologists working in Europe have found the oldest-known bone spear in Europe, dating back to the Neanderthal age between 70,000 and 80,000 years ago, according to a study published in the ...

According to Nemat Hariri, the head of the archaeological team leading the emergency probe, the remains found at the site confirm Neanderthal use of the cave approximately 40,000 to 80,000 years ago. ...

Indicating that Neanderthals buried their dead, a stone-lined pit in southwest France held the 70,000-year-old remains of a man wrapped in bearskin. The illustration is based on a diorama at ...