The hunting and gathering activities of early humans required a high-calorie diet consisting of a variety of ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

That ancestry is still written into our DNA. If your family roots lie outside Africa, about 2–3% of your genes probably came from Neanderthals. The legacy of that ancient interaction lives on in ...

The Denisova cave is located in the Altai Mountains of Siberia, Russia, where archaeologists have found fossilized remains of Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Homo sapiens. A notable discovery is ...

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the oldest Homo sapiens DNA ever documented, scientists say.

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the oldest Homo sapiens DNA ever documented, scientists say.

Scientists have known since the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced in 2010 that early humans interbred with Neanderthals, a bombshell revelation that bequeathed a genetic legacy still ...

While Neanderthals and modern humans lived together in Europe for only a relatively short time, two separate studies found inter-species breeding took place from around 50,000 years ago.

While the story of how our prehistoric ancestors left Africa and colonized the world is still somewhat patchy, we do know that Homo sapiens arrived in Europe over 45,000 years ago, at a time when ...

©IR Stone/Shutterstock.com Denisovan vs Neanderthal: Era Alive While both Denisovans and Neanderthals existed during the same era, there is very little difference between these two in terms of their ...

Neanderthals disappeared forever, but thanks to the fact that both species assumed and cared for their mixed-race children, their genetics are still alive and actively contribute to many sapiens ...

Neanderthals and humans mated millennia ago, and their legacy lives on in us today. Here's how. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.