A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, ...

After modern humans left Africa, they met and interbred with Neanderthals, resulting in around 2–3% Neanderthal DNA that can ...

Discover why the remains of a Neanderthal house fire in Ukraine provides clues about how Eastern European Neanderthals lived ...

Learn how scientists examined DNA to find out the duration of Neanderthal-human interbreeding and track down the Neanderthal ...

The new findings suggest that Manot Cave’s deepest chamber was likely a gathering space for rituals that enhanced social ...

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

Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans and determined that the introgressed genes result from interbreeding ...

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

Nine-year-old Ben from West Sussex, England reportedly made an extraordinary discovery on a random beach day. This happened ...

New studies of the genetic composition of skeletons found in the Czech Republic and Germany have convinced scientists they've ...

A new study says Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago.

The Neanderthal DNA found in modern human genomes has long raised questions about ancient interbreeding. New studies offer a ...