Modern humans and Neanderthals commingled at many points in history, raising the possibility that the ancient hominins were just another version of us.

Researchers report strong evidence of an interbreeding event between Neanderthals and modern humans occurring around 100,000 years ago, much earlier than any previously documented. The evidence ...

A 40,000-year-old skull found in a Romanian cave shows traits of both modern humans and Neanderthals and might prove the two interbred, researchers reported on Monday.

New DNA analysis has revealed how early modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans met and interbred more often than previously thought ...

Consequently, the estimated Neanderthal population size was revised down from about 3,400 to 2,400 breeding individuals. The Disappearance of Neanderthals These findings suggest how Neanderthals ...

An analysis of DNA taken from a Neanderthal toe bone reveals signs of interbreeding among several ancient human species.

DID we or didn’t we? The question of whether our ancestors interbred with Neanderthals has titillated us for decades. With the publication of the Neanderthal genome two years ago, we seemed to ...

On the other hand, with smaller Neanderthal populations, even losing a handful of breeding-age individuals impacts future generations, she said.

Computer simulations suggest Neanderthals were already on the brink of extinction and had been for hundreds of thousands of years when demographic fluctuations and inbreeding pushed them over the ...

Homo sapiens mated with their ancient human counterparts, including Neanderthals, and helped improve the modern human immune system in the process, according to a new study. Researchers from the ...

On the other hand, with smaller Neanderthal populations, even losing a handful of breeding-age individuals impacts future generations, she said.

Does my HLA look big in this? (PATRICK BERNARD/AFP/Getty) WHEN the first modern humans left Africa they were ill-equipped to cope with unfamiliar diseases. But by interbreeding with the local ...