When modern humans first migrated out of Africa about 60,000 years ago, they crossed paths with Neanderthals. Over thousands ...

The discovery of ancient human cousins has long stirred wonder and debate. Early Neanderthal remains offered a glimpse into ...

Archaeologist here! The identification of Neanderthal DNA within the H sapiens genome is still not settled science. In fact, a recent PNAS paper (good, high profile journal. established authors ...

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was swept away by the waves of new arrivals." Nor is this the first case of a ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

Study of rotting human cadavers hints that a puzzling chemical marker in Neanderthal remains could be from eating the larvae.

However, here is where I get confused: My DNA test also showed that I have 2.6 percent Neanderthal ancestry. The testing service 23andMe states on the Web page explaining my results that the ...