Standing proud in the Museum's Human Evolution gallery are two of the most scientifically accurate reconstructions that exist of a Neanderthal and early modern human. Find out how these lifelike ...

Long ago, early humans shared the earth with several archaic human species, including Neanderthals and Denisovans. These species, were bipedal and close relatives of modern humans. They lived in ...

"This study gives us the most accurate picture showing how some Neanderthals joined into the modern human gene pool, and then ...

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in extinction. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when exactly this DNA mixing occurred. Such a revelation could help ...

Well, you should—because it might be partially determined by your Neanderthal ancestry. An international team of researchers co-led by Kaustubh Adhikari of University College London (UCL ...

The future of public media depends on viewers like you. NEW YORK (AP) — Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most ...