A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are ...

Most people have some amount of Neanderthal DNA from the extinct cousins of modern humans who lived in Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago. New research on available Neanderthal genetic ...

Neanderthals split into distinct regional groups that developed genetic differences far sooner than modern human populations ...

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time.

For tens of thousands of years, two species — Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans — shared vast landscapes.

Most people today have a little Neanderthal DNA sprinkled through their genome. These genomic signals are the telltale signs that overlapping populations of ancient anatomically modern humans and ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.” They sit there like blank tape in an ...

FILE - This Friday, March 20, 2009 file photo shows reconstructions of a Neanderthal man, left, and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) FILE - This ...

Not every modern human has the same set of Neanderthal DNA, however; different people will, by chance, have inherited different fragments. But there are also some areas, termed “Neanderthal deserts,” ...

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DNA study reveals Neanderthals who lived 10,000 years apart in Siberia were closely related, offering new insight into their ...