In 2021, a study found that redheads respond more effectively to opioid pain medications, requiring lower doses, also due to ...

Every human face is different, but scientists still know surprisingly little about how our DNA shapes these differences. To ...

New research suggests Neanderthals didn't face a sudden extinction but were gradually absorbed into the growing human ...

Learn about a new mathematical model that suggests Neanderthals never went extinct and, instead, became modern humans.

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

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

Neanderthals may not have truly gone extinct, according to a new mathematical model that suggests they underwent genetic ...

Conceptually, it’s a bit like mixing two dyes in a bucket. The bucket holds the genetics of the population, Neanderthals are ...

Neanderthals, the ancient group of archaic humans didn't experience a 'true extinction', scientists in Italy and Switzerland ...

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

The disappearance of the Neanderthals is one of the greatest mysteries of human evolution. For decades, science has ...

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