Neanderthals lived in Europe, so they had to protect their bodies from frostbite and other cold-related problems. Although no frozen caveman clothing has ever been discovered, archaeologists think ...

After humans first migrated out of Africa about 60,000 years ago, we started having sex with Neanderthals – a now extinct archaic but closely-related species. Now, scientists claim to have ...

This is not surprising. Homo sapiens began in Africa but Neanderthals were Eurasian. Any miscegenation would have happened after sapiens left its homeland to embark on its conquest of the world.

It is undisputed that H. sapiens and Neanderthals originate from the same parental species, however studies into Neanderthal genetics and evolution have reignited the debate over whether they ...

Our species mated with the Neanderthals much later than thought. New research reveals that Neanderthal genes entered our own DNA within the past 50,000 years, rewriting the story of how Homo sapiens ...

Why did Neanderthals go extinct ... Two research groups have separately analyzed collections of ancient genomes and come to the same conclusions about some of those core questions.

Why did Neanderthals go extinct ... Two research groups have separately analyzed collections of ancient genomes and come to the same conclusions about some of those core questions.

Ancient DNA is peeling back layers of the mystery surrounding modern humans’ trysts with Neanderthals tens of thousands of years ago. Anthropologists have long known that the groups interbred ...

Exactly when did that happen? Why did Neanderthals go extinct, and why did modern humans survive? What does that Neanderthal DNA do for us now? Two research groups have separately analyzed collections ...