Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

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

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

The group had traveled for thousands of miles, crossing Africa and the Middle East until finally reaching the dimly lit ...

But a new study, published last week in PNAS, reports that Neanderthal ancestry in Europe likely experienced a quick purge from modern humans’ genomes but then held steady since then. Neanderthal DNA ...

By analyzing the frequency, length, and distribution of Neanderthal ancestry segments, the team aimed to answer key questions about the timing, duration, and functional legacy of this gene flow.

it’s more than some scientists expected—and quite a bit more than the zero assumed by the statistical methods that have been used to identify Neanderthal ancestry in modern human genomes. “We always ...

A study of the inner ear bones of Neanderthals shows a significant loss of diversity in their shape around 110,000 years ago, suggesting a genetic bottleneck that contributed to Neanderthals' decline.

When paleoanthropologists removed the bones from the dirt, they immediately noticed that the child's skeleton had a "mosaic" of Neanderthal and human features, suggesting it was a hybrid individual.

It separated from Neanderthals about 300,000 years ago, but there are also some populations of modern humans today that carry some of that DNA, some ancestry from those Denisovans. And that ...

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 ...

To trace their ancient ancestry, six friends of the Museum ... The results reveal where some of the ancestors of each person lived, as well as how much Neanderthal DNA they have inherited. Although ...