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

The Enigmatic Neanderthals Neanderthals are a fascinating subject of study, often depicted as cavemen in ancient tales. But ...

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

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 ...

Modern Africans have an average of 17 megabases of Neanderthal DNA in their genomes, according to an analysis published today (January 30) in Cell. While that’s still quite a bit less than the 50-plus ...

These latest findings "line up with archaeological evidence that suggests Neanderthals and humans overlapped in geography as humans traveled out of Africa." The new studies are also "much more of ...

Neanderthal blood types may have made them ill-equipped to deal with infectious diseases.

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

Villa, P. & Soriano, S. Hunting weapons of Neanderthals and early modern humans in South Africa: Similarities and differences. Journal of Anthropological Research 66, 5-38 (2010). Zilhao ...

A group of scientists has found clues in blood groups that explain how modern humans managed to survive and expand from ...

it could have been a contributing factor to the demise of Neanderthals. More information: Stéphane Mazières et al, Rapid change in red cell blood group systems after the main Out of Africa of ...