But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...

Early humans may have feasted on Neanderthal children 45,000 years ago, according to a grisly new study. Researchers have ...

Fossils and genetic evidence reveal that human evolution was not a simple replacement of one species by another. Studies of late Pleistocene skulls show clear signs of hybridization between Homo ...

The "Dragon Man" skull reveals groundbreaking insights into Denisovans' genetics, appearance, and impact on modern humans.

While the Neanderthals died out some 40,000 years ago, their genetic footprint lives on. When early modern humans migrated out of Africa and encountered them, interbreeding occurred. As a result, ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

All year long, these moments captivated the public, demonstrated dangerous trends, and pushed research and innovation forward ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

The expression of symbolic behavior, such as drawing, dates back to Paleolithic societies. Alongside modern humans (Homo sapiens), we now know that Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) also engaged in ...

Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.