Fossils offer a detailed record of early human skulls but not the brains inside them. So researchers have been using genetic material taken from those fossils to search for clues about how the human ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

The discovery of ancient human cousins has long stirred wonder and debate. Early Neanderthal remains offered a glimpse into our distant past, prompting questions about how they lived and whether they ...

Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.

Two different human species meet tens of thousands of years ago. Modern humans, fresh from Africa, encounter their stockier, cold-adapted cousins in what is now Europe. Did this initial meeting lead ...

Gene variants in red blood cell function may have doomed the hybrid babies of Neanderthals and modern humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

For years, researchers analyzing traumatic injuries found on Neanderthal fossils believed they had lived dangerous, violent lives. But a new study reveals that early modern humans and Neanderthals ...

Researchers excavating an ancient Neanderthal site in southern England found evidence not just of a hearth, but of its ...

Learn more about how researchers can take evidence from the past to better shape our idea of what Neanderthals looked like.