The oldest wooden artifacts we have are mostly weapons. They include spears from a German town called Schöningen, a spear tip ...

When Neanderthals dominated Europe, it was likely that wood was at least as important to them as stone for working into tools ...

A Spanish rock shelter preserves rare evidence of Neanderthal woodworking, from spears to possible household objects.

In a Science Advances study published today, scientists report the first comprehensive analysis of wooden Neanderthal tools ...

There is even more evidence that Neanderthals were far from the simple cave dwellers we once thought them to be. The ...

Most of the wood is firewood, including branches and trunks up to 7.2 meters long. Two spears came from Level R: one is 2.45 ...

Workers cleared a German cave in 1856 and tossed out strange bones. Later studies show why those scraps changed science.

Once formally proposed as Homo stupidus and portrayed as knuckle-dragging ape-men, Neanderthals are finally receiving their ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don't know much about who got with whom, or why. A new ...

As we bask in the golden age of Neanderthal discoveries, where it seems like every week or month, scientists uncover another fact that radically changes what we thought we knew about our ancient ...

Due to the accelerating pace of AI development, Neanderthal de-extinction may become technically possible within years.