Scientists found that kissing likely originated millions of years ago in great apes and was shared by early human relatives, ...

A new study led by the University of Oxford has found evidence that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and ...

Kissing is something of a mystery, being "only documented in 46 percent of human cultures," noted psychologist Catherine ...

A long-standing debate in paleontology about whether the distinctive Neanderthal nose evolved purely for the cold weather may ...

“It’s probably the most complete human fossil ever discovered,” Costantino Buzi of the University of Perugia told New ...

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

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

Neanderthals, our extinct relatives, were known for their notably larger jaws compared to modern humans. This distinct trait ...

Just a few Neanderthal DNA tweaks boosted facial gene activity, revealing how ancient genetics still shape human faces today.

Each human and Neanderthal genome contains around three billion DNA letters, which makes it extremely difficult to identify ...

Today, traces of Neanderthal DNA persist in modern humans, particularly those of European and Asian descent. These genetic ...

The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...