Subtle genomic variations between humans and Neanderthals provide clues to how DNA shapes our facial features.

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...

A groundbreaking DNA discovery reveals how Neanderthals crossed vast distances.

Neanderthals are usually seen as brutish and primitive, but research now suggests our ancestors kissed often - and even with ...

A tiny Crimean bone links Neanderthals to Siberia, revealing long-distance networks shaped by shifting climates and migration ...

Humans aren’t the only ones who kiss—monkeys do it, polar bears do it, and now research suggests that the practice may go ...

A controversial new study published on November 14, 2025, challenges the long-held belief that Neanderthals disappeared due ...

Kissing is an ancient trait retained over the course of evolution amongst the large apes, reveal scientists at the University ...

Researchers studying animal behaviour say mouth-to-mouth kissing likely appeared in the common ancestor of humans and great apes more than 21 million years ago.

A new study looks at how the mouth-on-mouth smooch came into being, and concludes that Neanderthals also kissed.

Learn about a new mathematical model that suggests Neanderthals never went extinct and, instead, became modern humans.

Every human face is different, but scientists still know surprisingly little about how our DNA shapes these differences. To ...