For the past 40,000 years, Homo sapiens have been the only human species on Earth. Our ancestors, including the Neanderthals ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Neanderthals were morning people, a new study suggests. And some humans today who like getting up early might credit genes they inherited from their Neanderthal ancestors.

There are theories about Neanderthal genes impacting diseases such as diabetes and lupus. These inherited traits showcase how ...

Neanderthal Genes Are Linked to Severe Covid Risk. Study in Italy’s worst pandemic hot spot sheds light on why some people fell seriously ill and others didn’t. By . Margherita Stancati.

One Neanderthal gene variant may have made us more likely to have a severe case of COVID-19. That variant, found on chromosome 3, is found in half of South Asians and one-sixth of Europeans.

With around 5,000 different ethno-linguistic and religious groups, India is one of the most culturally and genetically ...

“The Thorin population spent 50,000 years without exchanging genes with other Neanderthal populations,” Ludovic Slimak, a study co-author archeologist from France’s Université Toulouse Paul ...

Neanderthals were genetically predisposed to be early birds, and they may have passed on those genes to some humans living today, new research found.

Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time period, which is ...

Neanderthals were morning people, a new study suggests. And some humans today who like getting up early might credit genes they inherited from their Neanderthal ancestors. The new study compared ...