Modern genetic studies show that up to 4% of human DNA comes from Neanderthals—and some of those ancient genes affect how our ...

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

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

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

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

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

Groundbreaking research finds that Neanderthals experienced a severe population crash 110,000 years ago, challenging past ...

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

Neanderthals were meat eaters, but new analyses show that their diets included other morsels. Neanderthals, our extinct ...

A tiny bone from Starosele Cave, Crimea, has yielded ancient DNA showing it belonged to a Neanderthal dubbed “Star 1”.

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...

Modern humans may indeed have wiped out Neanderthals – but not through war or murder alone. A new study suggests that when the two species interbred, a slow-acting genetic incompatibility increased ...