Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time.

Neanderthals split into distinct regional groups that developed genetic differences far sooner than modern human populations ...

For a brief time in history, humans and Neanderthals shared the Earth, swapping DNA, but the details of that swapping might not be what you expect.

By sequencing ancient DNA from the fetus, scientists revealed a severe genetic bottleneck that reshaped Neanderthal history ...

The Neanderthal population shrank during a cold spell around 75,000 years ago, and the loss of genetic diversity may have ...

Genome analysis reveals that Neanderthals lived on the brink of extinction for 350,000 years in small populations.

Scientists reveal the genetic mutation that forever changed the final chapter of the Neanderthals' history in Europe.

For tens of thousands of years, two species — Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans — shared vast landscapes.

Researchers extracted DNA from a Neanderthal bone fragment found in Russia's Denisova Cave, and the genome is shedding light ...

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Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.” They sit there like blank tape in an ...

Neanderthals died out some 30,000 years ago, but their genes live on within many of us. African people have very little Neanderthal DNA because their ancestors didn't make the trip through Eurasia, ...