Even though Neanderthals no longer share the planet with us, thanks to our romantic liaisons in the past, their genetic ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries in evolution. It may not be that simple.

Specific genomic regions that seem to play a role in human language development evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago, ...

Maternal DNA from Neanderthal teeth found in Stajnia Cave show Neanderthals moved across wide areas of Europe.

Scientists have identified a Neanderthal-derived gene that increases fertility in modern humans by enhancing progesterone ...

A remarkable genetic breakthrough has uncovered what may be one of the clearest snapshots yet of a Neanderthal “community” ...

When the climate cooled, the population of Neanderthals shrank. Most that lived between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago were ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.” They sit there like blank tape in an ...

Neanderthals died out long ago, but their genes live on in us. Scientists studying human chromosomes say they've discovered a surprising amount of Neanderthal DNA in our genes. And these aren't just ...

An international study published in Current Biology presents the results of the analysis of ancient mitochondrial DNA ...