Despite their similarities to us, Neanderthals were not—repeat, not—our direct ancestors. They were an offshoot of an earlier ...

Frontlines | Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon: Equals in the Hunt The hunting prowess of the Neanderthal matched those who supplanted them, the Cro-Magnon, say researchers who have examined ungulate teeth ...

A 50,000-year record of mammals consumed by early humans in southwestern France indicates there was no major difference in the prey hunted by Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, according to a new study.

A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest multifunctional tool of its kind. This Ice Age “Swiss Army ...

The puzzling question therefore is why Neanderthals died out so quickly after Cro-Magnons arrived, leaving Cro-Magnons to flourish ever since in unrivalled mastery of the planet.

Our Belgian Neanderthal is in his twenties and stands 155cm tall The other gentleman in the gallery is a model of an early modern human living around 30,000 years ago, referred to by some scientists ...

Who Were The Cro-Magnon People? These ancient humans were once thought to be a distinct species, but were later recognized as practically indistinguishable from modern humans.

Though similar to Neanderthals, Cro-Magnons have some interesting differences. What does the fossil record reveal about their intelligence and how they survived?