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

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

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

Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific dating of the famed ...

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

At the underwater archaeology site of Gran Carro di Bolsena in Aiola, Italy, divers found an ancient clay figurine pegged to ...

A team of archaeologists has discovered some evidence of Neanderthal habitation during their recent survey conducted in ...

Learn about the new proposal for the origins of modern humans, suggesting that our species is a genetic combination of two ...

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

Why the lawsuit filed Tuesday exists, what it accuses tennis' governing bodies of doing and the next steps you can expect to ...

A newly excavated cave in Israel holds burials and artifacts suggesting that multiple human species commingled and shared ...

Recent fossil analysis is reshaping our understanding of Neanderthal origins, questioning long-held assumptions about their ...