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

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

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scientists have previously recovered and analyzed DNA from Neanderthal remains that date back 400,000 years. Lost branch of the human family tree The individuals who called the cave in Ranis home ...

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 ...

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals ... bringing to life a 45,000-year-old human family." From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter ...

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

Our human evolution expert Professor Chris Stringer, who has been studying Neanderthals and Homo sapiens for about 50 years, tackles the big question of whether we belong to the same species. Everyone ...

“The results point to a mosaic pattern of Neanderthal extinction in Europe and provide a shorter time frame for the potential interaction of humans with Neanderthals,” said study author Ron Pinhasi, a ...

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...

Almost two centuries after the first Neanderthal was discovered, we are still learning a great deal about our ancient relatives. Neanderthals weren't the cave-dwelling, knuckle-dragging brutes ...