Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time. Despite its proximity to other groups of ...

I have spent years covering discoveries that nudge our origin story around the edges, but the sequencing of DNA from one of ...

The first complete genetic portrait of a so‑called “last Neanderthal” is forcing scientists to redraw the map of our origins, ...

A tiny Crimean bone links Neanderthals to Siberia, revealing long-distance networks shaped by shifting climates and migration ...

Just a few Neanderthal DNA tweaks boosted facial gene activity, revealing how ancient genetics still shape human faces today.

The astonishingly well-preserved nasal cavity of a Neanderthal in Italy has finally settled one of the great debates in ...

New research suggests a genetic dynamic that may have contributed to Neanderthals' extinction. Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Did interbreeding between humans and ...

After over 50 years since the Apollo moon landing, humanity is once again aiming for the moon! This time, the goal is to ...

Modern humans may indeed have wiped out Neanderthals – but not through war or murder alone. A new study suggests that when the two species interbred, a slow-acting genetic incompatibility increased ...

Neanderthals were thought to have structures inside their noses that helped them deal with the cold, but analysis of an ...