For many, the name Neanderthals conjures images of hairy ... With these findings, the scientific community set out to map the genetic remnants interwoven in our DNA. Current research indicates ...

Close your eyes and picture a Neanderthal. You're probably imagining heavy browridges, a big, broad nose, perhaps a jutting midface. If so, you're right on, though those are only the most obvious ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...

A team’s investigation of ancient human burials in Israel’s Tinshemet Cave has revealed evidence that Homo sapiens and our nearest cousins, the Neanderthals, intermingled in ancient times ...

Conducting one of the largest genetic studies of a Neanderthal population to date, scientists found members of the first known Neanderthal family who lived more than 50,000 years ago Nicholas Rice ...