The Lapedo child, discovered in Portugal in 1998, has fascinated scientists for over two decades. This enigmatic skeleton, ...

However, new research shows that humans that interbred with Neanderthals went on to thrive, whereas other bloodlines died out. Genes passed on to humans from Neanderthals were in fact crucial to ...

Thousands of years later, humans moving into East Asia interbred with Denisovans. The 50,000- to 65,000-year-old remains of a Neanderthal in Vindija Cave, Croatia, gave researchers their first look at ...