Using a new method of modeling genetic data, researchers identified a split in human ancestry dating back 1.5 million years. The two populations later reconnected. The mystery population (Population B ...

More than a century ago, a distorted image of Neanderthals emerged. When a nearly complete skeleton was discovered in 1908 at La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France, its reconstruction led to lasting ...

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

An analysis of the semicircular canals in Neanderthal ears reveals evidence of a 'bottleneck' event, leading to a reduction ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...

Modern humans and Neanderthals are classified as separate species. According to biologists, they shouldn’t have been able to ...

Antarctica’s strongest ocean current, the ACC, is weakening due to ice melt, threatening global climate, sea levels, and marine ecosystems in an accelerating crisis.

After four failed attempts, scientists have at last dated the skeleton of a possible human-Neanderthal hybrid found in ...

Neanderthal population, a species that thrived in Eurasia for over 250,000 years, experienced a dramatic decline in genetic diversity around 110,000 years ago. Recent studies indicate that this ...

A new genetic study suggests humans developed language at least 135,000 years ago, reshaping our understanding of early ...

Scientists have successfully dated the remains of the Lapedo Child, which possesses a "mosaic" of Human and Neanderthal ...