A new study of mitochondrial DNA from ten rare new remains indicates that almost all of Europe's Late Neanderthals descended ...

Learn how Neanderthals in Europe suffered a loss of genetic diversity during the Ice Age, causing a single lineage to take ...

According to a statement released by the Public Library of Science, Neanderthals may have used birch-bark tar to treat their ...

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time.

In England, parents may soon have the option to edit their children’s genes before birth, altering their DNA to enhance ...

Photo: Dusan Mihailovic Entrance to Pešturina Cave in Serbia, where a Neanderthal tooth genetically analyzed in this study ...

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...