Imagine a world where our Neanderthal cousins were still alive. With their robust physical attributes and resilience, they ...

Kissing stretches back roughly 21 million years, to the shared ancestor of humans and other large apes, according to the ...

If I asked you to imagine your dream snog, chances are it wouldn't be with a Neanderthal; burly and hirsute as they may be.

New research suggests Neanderthals didn't face a sudden extinction but were gradually absorbed into the growing human ...

Scientists trace the origins of human kissing back over 20 million years to ancient apes who first showed gentle ...

A new study from Oxford University shows that humans and Neanderthals most likely kissed each other back in the distant past.

Our ancient primate relatives—including Neanderthals—may have enjoyed a nice peck on the lips. But researchers still don’t ...

D espite being almost genetically identical to modern humans, Neanderthals had much chunkier faces, with big noses, ...

Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some ...

We used this definition to trawl published scientific papers, searching for observations of kissing in the group of monkeys ...

Neanderthals left behind various clues about their enigmatic lives. But less is known about their spiritual sides. Some ...

A tiny Crimean bone links Neanderthals to Siberia, revealing long-distance networks shaped by shifting climates and migration ...