Modern humans exhibited higher growth rates and migrated more quickly than did Neanderthals, thus permitting them to populate and repopulate areas more efficiently. It is impossible to ascertain the ...

A newly published study has proposed that Neanderthals did not go extinct primarily due to climate change or direct competition with Homo sapiens, but because of a fundamental difference in social ...

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 ...

A new modeling study suggests that greater connectivity between groups may have given Homo sapiens the edge over Neanderthals. Why Neanderthals went extinct and Homo sapiens established a lasting ...

Our ancestors lived alongside Neanderthals for nearly 200,000 years, often interbreeding with them. But could they understand ...