After modern humans left Africa, they met and interbred with Neandertals, resulting in around two to three percent Neandertal ...

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

The Neanderthal DNA found in modern human genomes has long raised questions about ancient interbreeding. New studies offer a ...

Ancient genomes reveal a narrow time window for Neanderthal and human interbreeding, raising new questions about their shared ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the ...

Papers published in the journals Nature and Science have used the bones to narrow down when Neanderthals and H. sapiens ...

When modern humans first ventured out of Africa, they followed in the footsteps of another human species who dared leave ...

Analysis of early modern human genomes suggests that Neanderthal DNA was introduced to populations in Europe around 43,500 to 50,500 years ago.

The archaeological site could shed light on the region's history, with its oldest human settlement potentially dating back 14 ...