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

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

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

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

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

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

DNA and stone tool comparisons suggest Eastern European Neandertals trekked 3,000 kilometers to Siberia, where they left a genetic and cultural mark.

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

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

A new study by a Utah anthropologist, based on genetic evidence, concludes that the colonizers of Sahul arrived later than ...