Once we thought that ours was the only species to use rituals to mourn the dead. Then archaeologists discovered hints of pollen from colourful meadow flowers around a Neanderthal skeleton in a remote ...

The skeleton of a middle-aged Neanderthal that lived 70,000 years ago and was 'deliberately buried' by the ancient human ancestor has been found in Iraq. The remains — consisting of a crushed but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of a 70,000-year-old skeleton has provided fresh evidence Neanderthals buried their dead and conducted funeral rites ...

New excavations at a well-known Neanderthal site have revealed a previously undiscovered Neanderthal skeleton, along with more evidence that these extinct hominins may have had “flower burials” for ...

Feb. 18 (UPI) --Scientists have recovered a fully articulated Neanderthal skeleton, the first in 20 years, from the "flower burial" site at Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan. The remains, torso bones ...