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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A study incorporating new DNA data and archaeological evidence has shown that the last Neanderthals in Europe experienced a ...

The Neanderthal Connection Every person alive today carries traces of Neanderthal DNA, typically around 2% of their genome. This genetic legacy comes from interbreeding events between Homo sapiens and ...