Two teams using different methods both conclude that humans and Neanderthals had children together starting roughly 50,000 ...

PITX2 expression and Neanderthal-introgressed HS3ST3A1—that contribute to variations in tooth size among modern human ...

Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when ...

An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with ...

Being stocky can have its advantages, especially when it comes to hunting prehistoric game. According to a new reconstruction ...

This updated timeline for Neanderthal-modern human interbreeding ... which involved fitting a fairly complex statistical model that had a lot of uncertainty," Princeton University genomicist ...

A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, ...

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

Scientists have spent years assembling evidence to fill out the intricate Neanderthal timeline from emergence to extinction, and the latest update has cemented a date for Neanderthal interbreeding ...

While Neanderthals and modern humans lived together in Europe for only a relatively short time, two separate studies found ...

A pair of new studies sheds light on a pivotal but mysterious chapter of the human origin story, revealing that modern humans and Neanderthals had babies together for an extended period ...