Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about who Neanderthals were, whether they mated with modern humans and when ...

A picture taken on March 26, 2018 shows a moulding of a Neanderthal man face displayed for the Neanderthal exhibition at the ...

Most people of non-African ancestry carry about 2% Neanderthal DNA, and researchers report a mirror image pattern with more human DNA on the Neanderthal X chromosome.

A new Neanderthal DNA study suggests interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals favored pairings of female humans ...

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

Genomic analysis shows that interbreeding between female Neanderthals and human males was less common than the opposite ...

Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don’t know ...

Neanderthals were not dumb, hunched brutes living only in caves. Early reconstructions were based on an older individual with osteoarthritis, shaping a false image for decades. Evidence shows ...

The French paleoanthropologist discusses his book ‘The Last Neanderthal,’ and provides clues about his latest discovery: ...

The nation’s birthrate — that is, the number of live births per 1,000 people in a given year — is down by more than 25 ...

The ability to successfully engage in mass hunts may be what allowed ancient Homo Sapiens to thrive.