From cave paintings to DNA discoveries, scientists are constantly coming across new clues about their intelligence, culture, ...

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

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

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

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

A recent study compared features of Neanderthals' inner ears across space and time to extrapolate what happened to them tens of thousands of years ago.

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

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared ...

A new study suggests that Neanderthals experienced a dramatic loss of genetic variation during the course of their evolution, foreshadowing their eventual extinction. Examination of semicircular ...

The present study represents a novel approach to estimating genetic diversity within Neandertal populations.” The Atapuerca fossils—referred to as "pre-Neanderthals"—date to about 400,000 ...