Scientists have identified at least three events where genes from distinct Denisovan populations mixed with human DNA, ...

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in ...

For several millennia, Neanderthals and modern humans interbred shortly after all non-African ancestors moved into Eurasia.

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when exactly this DNA mixing occurred. Such a revelation could help geneticists ...

Research shows a link between Zlatý kůň and Ranis, early European modern humans who retained African traits, lacked ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe. Like any good research, these genomes lead to more ...

New research provides an updated timeline of human-Neanderthal interactions, revealing patterns in the genetic legacy of this ancient exchange.Tens of ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. But exactly how and when that happened, and who those ...

An international team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has sequenced the oldest ...

Picture shows an artist’s impression of ancient humans from Ranis, Germany and the Czech Republic traveling together 45,000 ...

New research refines the timeline of interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals, showing it began about 50,500 ...

A groundbreaking study has revealed that Neanderthals and modern humans (Homo sapiens) interbred for a period of around 7,000 ...