Features like sizable noses, protruding brow ridges, and strong lower jaws gave them a distinct appearance. But since the ...

Every human face is unique, allowing us to distinguish between individuals. We know little about how facial features are ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

By studying Neanderthal DNA, researchers shed light on key genetic factors that contribute to the unique structure of human faces.

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh discovered that a Neanderthal DNA region activates a jaw-forming gene, SOX9, more ...

Groundbreaking research finds that Neanderthals experienced a severe population crash 110,000 years ago, challenging past ...

A fatal genetic incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans may have hastened the extinction of our ancient ...

When scientists sequenced the Neanderthal genome in 2010, they learned that Neanderthals interbred with human ancestors before mysteriously going extinct. As a result, many people alive today share up ...

A 45,000-year-old Neanderthal bone found in Crimea shows ancient humans traveled thousands of miles, linking Europe and ...

Researchers have long been attempting to piece together the trek of Neanderthals from Europe into Asia around the Middle and ...

A recently published study suggests humans' creative inclinations go back much further than previously thought ...