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

Researchers have identified genes linked to tooth size and shape, including one likely inherited from our long-lost cousins.

A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, ...

The boy, Ben Witten, brought his find to the museum, where experts concluded it was a Neanderthal hand ax—carved by an ...

Our ancestors maintained relationships with Neanderthals for 7,000 years after leaving Africa. As reported in the weekly ...

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

PITX2 expression and Neanderthal-introgressed HS3ST3A1—that contribute to variations in tooth size among modern human ...

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

The excavation of Manot Cave in Israel has uncovered ritual sites from 35,000 years ago and evidence of Neanderthal-human ...

After modern humans left Africa, they met and interbred with Neanderthals, resulting in around 2–3% Neanderthal DNA that can ...

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