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 ...

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

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

Discovered in Portugal in 1998, the individual dubbed the “Lapedo Child” has long perplexed scientists, thanks to a curious ...

Learn about the Lapedo child, an ancient human with Neanderthal features who was buried at a rock shelter in Portugal between ...

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

The new approach to radiocarbon dating could soon be applied to other Paleolithic human sites, improving our understanding of ...

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

Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...

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

Neanderthal fossils show a major population drop 110,000 years ago. Researchers link this to reduced genetic diversity.