Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

Once thought to be brutish and unintelligent, Neanderthals were far more advanced than history books claimed. New archaeological evidence shows they used tools, cared for their sick, and created ...

A new study suggests that certain genetic differences, passed down from ancient human ancestors, and exposure to common ...

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new ...

Neanderthals didn’t go extinct in a blaze of conflict—new research shows they may have quietly vanished through interbreeding ...

This week, Svante Pääbo, Nobel Prize winner for sequencing the Neanderthal genome, is visiting Estonia. In an interview with ...