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

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 ...

By analyzing genetic data from 2,000 living humans, three Neanderthals, and one Denisovan, the team was able to map genetic flow between these groups over the past 250,000 years. Their findings ...