The research in the *American Journal of Biological Anthropology* suggests Neanderthals at Cova de l'Arbreda alternated ...

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

Thanks to AI developments, we are witnessing a dramatic increase in the pace and scalability of genomic techniques, which ...

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

Learn how these Neanderthal findings shaped what we know about Neanderthals and how our ancient human past is intertwined.

Our species is defined by a long list of cultural and genetic traits that set us apart from our ancient counterparts.

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 geneticists ...

Study: PITX2 expression and Neanderthal introgression in HS3ST3A1 contribute to variation in tooth dimensions in modern ...

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

Neanderthal deserts in the genome In 2016, Moorjani pioneered a method for inferring the timing of Neanderthal gene flow using often incomplete genomes of ancient individuals. At that time, only ...

The major difference between Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal indicates that Neanderthals were outcompeted by the former.

Thanks to new AI developments, we are witnessing an increase in the pace of genomic techniques, but shall we try the AI ...