Two studies came to a similar conclusion, highlighting a single, sustained event of mixing DNA. The findings could impact our ...

Learn how these Neanderthal findings shaped what we know about Neanderthals and how our ancient human past is intertwined.

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

The traits that humans inherited from Neanderthals — tied ... but Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander populations have a small amount. A deeper look at Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA in humans will ...

Several scientific studies confirm that both species coexisted for seven millennia and even reproduced among themselves.

Then, over the next 100 generations, most Neanderthal DNA got weeded out — but not all. Today, the DNA that remains is linked to traits like skin pigmentation, immune response and metabolism.

“The Max Planck group sequenced new ancient DNA samples that allowed ... they think were likely inherited from Neanderthals and offered them beneficial traits. Most of these “high-frequency ...

Then, over the next 100 generations, most Neanderthal DNA got weeded out — but not all. Today, the DNA that remains is linked to traits like skin pigmentation, immune response and metabolism.

("Should AI be used to resurrect extinct species like the Neanderthal?" Dec. 26.) The author mentions swapping out "parts of human DNA with Neanderthal DNA." It may be a semantic point, but while ...