Discovered in 1998, the skeleton of the Lapedo child, a hybrid between modern humans and Neanderthals, has long intrigued ...

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific dating of the famed ...

Initial observations showed distinct markers, such as a human-like prominent chin, but short, stocky legs akin to a Neanderthal. But at the point of discovery dating was tricky, thanks to the era ...