New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in ...

A fatal genetic incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans may have hastened the extinction of our ancient ...

A small blood gene difference made Neanderthal pregnancies with modern humans risky, possibly contributing to their disappearance.

Recent scientific findings suggest that Neanderthals were more susceptible to lead poisoning than their Homo sapiens ...

Recent research is challenging the long-held view that Neanderthals were strictly carnivorous, revealing evidence of a more ...

Researchers discovered Neanderthal DNA at a site in Crimea, revealing genetic and cultural links to Asian populations.

Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed ...

Scientists found that one tiny DNA change in the NOVA1 gene helped modern humans resist lead exposure that harmed ...

Researchers have long been attempting to piece together the trek of Neanderthals from Europe into Asia around the Middle and ...

An international research team has identified the earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens traits. The skeleton, belonging to a five-year-old child found 90 years ago in Israel’s ...

Scientists found that ancient lead exposure shaped early human evolution. The toxin may have played a surprising role in the development of modern cognition and language. An international team of ...