Two groundbreaking studies have pinpointed when ancient humans and Neanderthals interbred, with both research teams ...

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

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

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

A new study sheds light on the lives of people who lived over 5,600 years ago near Kosenivka, Ukraine. Researchers present the first detailed bioarchaeological analyses of human diets from this area ...

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

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

Illustration of Zlatý kůň, who belonged to the same population as the Ranis individuals and was closely related to two of ...

Today, all humans except those with only African heritage bear the marks of this union in their DNA. The study's findings ...

A lost race of humans arrived in Europe more than 45,000 years ago before mysteriously dying out, leaving no descendants, a ...