The Fascination with Neanderthals Begins For many, the name Neanderthals conjures images of hairy, robust humans who walked ...

Ancestors or Relics? Neanderthals have long fascinated scientists and the general public alike. Are they our distant ...

Explore the fascinating world of Neanderthals and their ability to survive in extreme conditions. New findings challenge ...

Human populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood ...

There has been some incredible research into the role this DNA plays in modern human neurodevelopment, so here's an overview ...

Scientists uncovered how ancient blood groups helped Homo sapiens as compared to Neanderthals in their survival and spread ...

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 ...

The genomes carried evidence of Neanderthal ancestry. Researchers determined that the ancestors of those early humans who lived in Ranis and the surrounding area likely encountered and made babies ...

The reasons for the demise of the Neanderthals some 30 thousand years ago, only a few millennia after the first appearance of modern humans in Europe, remain controversial, and are a focus of ...

A team of paleoanthropologists and geneticists from Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES has found evidence of what may have been a contributing factor to the decline of Neanderthals. In their paper ...

"They met Neanderthals," says Sümer. To be more direct, prehistoric sparks flew. These early modern humans and the Neanderthals had babies. "Most people that live today outside of Africa have ...