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 ...

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 ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe. Like any good research, these genomes lead to more ...

Researchers at the Department of Paleobiology, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid report that analysis of a ...

Ever wonder why your teeth look the way they do? A group of genes drive the shape of each person’s teeth, including at least ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. But exactly how and when that happened, and who those ...