Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their ...

Despite the existence of just one species today, Homo sapiens, investigations at ancient sites may uncover a new species.

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information ...

Most of us have Neanderthal ancestors, and now scientists how revealed important details about how their DNA shape us today.

They have both ancient and modern traits – a finding that could challenge ‘out of Africa’ theory of human evolution, ...

A study suggests that by the time H. sapiens expanded, the differentiation between the two species had progressed to the ...

The research looked at the oldest DNA ever recovered and concluded that we and our are very genetically similar to our ...

This article delves into humanity's ancestral ties with Neanderthals, explores New Zealand's satellite monitoring regulations, and uncovers the youthful appearance of the Milky Way through NASA's ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns ...

Analysis of early modern human genomes suggests that Neanderthal DNA was introduced to populations in Europe around 43,500 to ...

Scientists have successfully sequenced the genomes of seven people who lived in Europe between 42,000 and 49,000 years ago, ...