The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

A 45,000-year-old Neanderthal bone found in Crimea shows ancient humans traveled thousands of miles, linking Europe and ...

Recent research on human evolution suggests that the extinction of our Neanderthal cousins may have been hastened by ...

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in ...

Researchers discovered Neanderthal DNA at a site in Crimea, revealing genetic and cultural links to Asian populations.

Scientists found that one tiny DNA change in the NOVA1 gene helped modern humans resist lead exposure that harmed Neanderthals.

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

Researchers have long been attempting to piece together the trek of Neanderthals from Europe into Asia around the Middle and ...

In their new study an international team led by the University of Vienna reports the discovery and extraction of ancient DNA ...

A new study by a Utah anthropologist, based on genetic evidence, concludes that the colonizers of Sahul arrived later than ...

When scientists sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they learned that Neanderthals interbred with human ancestors ...