But the study, published Thursday in the journal Science, shows “that whenever Neanderthals and modern humans have mated, ...

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

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.

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

A new study in Science suggests Neanderthal men and modern human women interbred more often than assumed, reshaping theories about our DNA. But what drove those ancient pairings remains uncertain.

DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.

Long ago, Neanderthals and modern humans interbred. But among Neanderthals, their modern human blood came mostly from their ...

Scientists say DNA evidence indicates male Neanderthals and human females interbred more often than opposite ...

Ancient history often feels distant and abstract, reduced to fossil fragments and textbook timelines. Yet every so often, a ...