For decades, scientists have been captivated by the enigma of Neanderthals. These ancient relatives of modern humans have ...

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when ...

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

Today, all humans except those with only African heritage bear the marks of this union in their DNA. The study's findings ...

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in ...

Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that still exists in many modern-day people, ...

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

Picture shows an artist’s impression of ancient humans from Ranis, Germany and the Czech Republic traveling together 45,000 ...

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

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

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when exactly this DNA mixing occurred. Such a revelation could help ...

Anthropologists have long known that the groups interbred before Neanderthals went extinct about 40,000 years ago, but two ...