or thrown short distances as part of an ambush hunting strategy — neither the stone points nor the features of Neanderthal anatomy support the notion that Neanderthals used long-distance ...

As a consequence, genetic and physical diversity within the Neanderthal population plummeted, leading to a largely homogeneous set of characteristics among the species’ final representatives.

A group of ancient humans with shades of Neanderthal in their physical appearance may have ... “For diagnostic Neanderthal features to have persisted for so long, after thousands of years ...

Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as an intern in 2009 after receiving a master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses.