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

They detected clear chemical signatures in these remains, which indicated that lead exposure for these species dated back to ...

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in ...

Being the only Neanderthal raised in a 21st-century world of humans would likely be lonely and isolating, possibly like the ...

A small blood gene difference made Neanderthal pregnancies with modern humans risky, possibly contributing to their disappearance.

Scientists found that one tiny DNA change in the NOVA1 gene helped modern humans resist lead exposure that harmed ...

Lead poisoning isn’t just an industrial-age problem. A new study reveals our ancestors, including Neanderthals, were exposed ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

Scientists found that ancient lead exposure shaped early human evolution. The toxin may have played a surprising role in the development of modern cognition and language. An international team of ...

This genetic legacy comes from interbreeding events between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals between 47,000 and 65,000 years ago. Some descendants even carried these genes back into Africa around 20,000 ...

A new study by a Utah anthropologist, based on genetic evidence, concludes that the colonizers of Sahul arrived later than ...

An international research team has identified the earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens traits. The skeleton, belonging to a five-year-old child found 90 years ago in Israel’s ...