"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, ...

The Neumark-Nord site, discovered back in the 1980s, covers roughly 70 acres. In this region, Neanderthals hunted and ...

Recent research suggests that some of these genetic variants inherited from Neanderthals could be linked to autism spectrum ...

The Neanderthals are our closest extinct relatives, and they continue to fascinate as we peer back through tens of thousands ...

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Grease is the word – at least, it was for Neanderthals living in what is now Germany some 125,000 years ago. New research ...

New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of ...

Ancient DNA reveals new twists in Neanderthal migration. Genetic surprises pulled from 120,000-year-old bones showcase the nuanced history of this close human relative.

Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. But exactly how and when that happened, and who those groups of humans were, was less known. New research adds some clues.