Researchers have recovered the oldest known DNA from modern humans in Europe, unearthing a mysterious and extinct branch of ...

For the last nine-and-a-half years, the family of Jeff Beach have waited for justice. On Friday, they finally got it.

Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday, a ...

Ben Witten found an unusual rock on an English beach when he was 6. It turned out to be an exceedingly rare hand ax made by Neanderthals, tens of thousands of years ago.

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

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

Research shows a link between Zlatý kůň and Ranis, early European modern humans who retained African traits, lacked ...

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

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

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

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