Two studies came to a similar conclusion, highlighting a single, sustained event of mixing DNA. The findings could impact our ...

Learn how these Neanderthal findings shaped what we know about Neanderthals and how our ancient human past is intertwined.

University of California, Berkeley Assistant Professor’s Study Provides a New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding with ...

O n Earth today, there is only one species of humans. Us. Homo sapiens to use our scientific term. But this was not always the case – multiple species of humans existed at the same time for most of ...

Hominins at the site exhibited meticulous planning and efficiency in their manufacturing and resource management strategies.

The driver had a baby monkey attached, or clenched, on his person. That's something you don't see every day.' ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens reached a zenith of interbreeding 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that is still evident in a significant number of modern-day people, according to two new studies ...

Now researchers can identify subtler changes over just hundreds of years, providing clues as to how people migrated and ...

During the Ice Age, massive woolly mammoths, cave bears, and dire wolves roamed icy landscapes. Saber-toothed cats hunted ...

About 400,000 years ago, early humans in Europe, Asia and Africa lived alongside giant straight-tusked elephants, far bigger ...

Thanks to AI developments, we are witnessing a dramatic increase in the pace and scalability of genomic techniques, which ...

One relevant example is research on Neanderthals, our closest relatives, who lived until about 40,000 years ago. Neanderthals have been studied for several years now through genetic investigation of ...