The more we learn about Neanderthals, the more we discover how smart they really were. It wasn't very long ago that the public and scientific perception of Homo neanderthalensis was unflattering, to ...

It took more than a century for researchers to prove that Neanderthals were actually quite intelligent and that they interbred with modern humans (Homo sapiens). The number of dis ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to some of the big questions about their existence and supposed disappearance.