The interbreeding event contributed around 20% of modern human DNA, with these genes predominantly found in regions ...

A team from the University of Cambridge has found that modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Neanderthal DNA strengthens the immune system and regulates ... For years, human evolution was thought to be a straightforward progression from Homo erectus to Neanderthals and eventually to ...

The intricate cave system perched deep in an isolated stretch of Spanish mountains contained the remains of an ancient and ...

Unlike Neanderthal DNA, which makes up roughly 2% of the genome ... Fossil evidence suggests that species such as Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis lived both in Africa and other regions ...

Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ...

Unlike Neanderthal DNA, which makes up roughly 2% of the genome ... Fossil evidence suggests that species such as Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis lived both in Africa and other regions ...