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

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

When scientists sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they learned that Neanderthals interbred with human ancestors ...

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

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

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

A 45,000-year-old Neanderthal bone found in Crimea shows ancient humans traveled thousands of miles, linking Europe and ...

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

They detected clear chemical signatures in these remains, which indicated that lead exposure for these species dated back to ...

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

Recent research on human evolution suggests that the extinction of our Neanderthal cousins may have been hastened by ...

A tiny bone from Starosele Cave, Crimea, has yielded ancient DNA showing it belonged to a Neanderthal dubbed “Star 1”.