Learn how a new theory suggests Neanderthals inability to survive pregnancy complications like preeclampsia may have helped ...

The researchers tested the tar against Staphylococcus aureus, a major cause of skin infections, and Escherichia coli, a ...

Neanderthals likely used the sticky substance to build and repair tools, but it also may have had another important use. With its antibiotic properties, birch tar could also treat wounds. The findings ...

Most people have some amount of Neanderthal DNA from the extinct cousins of modern humans who lived in Europe and Asia until ...

Neanderthals may have used birch tar for more than tools. New research shows it could slow bacteria and help protect wounds.

Neanderthals may have used birch tar as more than just glue; it could have helped them ward off infection and even insect bites.

Neumark-Nord in northeastern Germany was a lake landscape in the last interglacial period. It is rich in archaeological finds discovered during lignite mining. The area in Saxony-Anhalt is one of the ...

“We found that the birch tar produced by Neanderthals and early humans had antibacterial properties,” write the study authors ...

Henry Ford may have invented the assembly line but this new discovery might reveal it wasn't that new of an idea.

A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute have found that Neanderthal DNA in some of us may affect how our skin ...

Learn how researchers recreated birch tar and tested its antibacterial properties, revealing how Neanderthals may have used ...

Neanderthals probably used birch tar for multiple functions, including treating their wounds, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by a team of researchers led by Tjaark ...