The extinction of Neanderthals, our closest extinct human relatives, has long been a subject of intrigue and speculation. A ...

Researchers claim that a slight difference exists between the mechanisms of RBCs in Neanderthals and modern humans.

Different histories of contact with Denisovans in East Asia: While the ancestors of mainland East Asians met Denisovans ...

A study comparing lead exposure in Neanderthals, human ancestors and 20th-century humans poses a series of questions for further study.

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

A fatal genetic incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans may have hastened the extinction of our ancient ...

Neanderthals could walk among us within 20 years — but would reviving our extinct cousin rewrite science or unleash an ...

Humans and our ancestors have been exposed to lead for 2 million years, but the toxic metal may have actually helped our ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When scientists sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they learned that Neanderthals ...

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This valuable study uses tools of population and functional genomics to examine long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the context of human evolution. Analyses of computationally predicted human-specific ...