Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their ...

Researchers have identified genes linked to tooth size and shape, including one likely inherited from our long-lost cousins.

The excavation of Manot Cave in Israel has uncovered ritual sites from 35,000 years ago and evidence of Neanderthal-human ...

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in ...

Before Neanderthal disappeared, they bred with early modern humans, the signs of which can be seen in present-day DNA. About ...

Skipping ahead a few hundred millennia, the researchers then looked for human genes that have appeared within the last ...

The Line of Duty actor, 51, is accused of calling the official a ‘f**king Teletubby’ and ‘fat useless t**t’. It’s claimed he ...

A new study has narrowed the timeline of human-Neanderthal interactions to around 45,000 years ago, offering insights into ...

For several millennia, Neanderthals and modern humans interbred shortly after all non-African ancestors moved into Eurasia.

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when ...

Research shows a link between Zlatý kůň and Ranis, early European modern humans who retained African traits, lacked ...

PITX2 expression and Neanderthal-introgressed HS3ST3A1—that contribute to variations in tooth size among modern human ...