New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on the X chromosome.

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.

Thousands of marks carved into Paleolithic artifacts suggest that early modern humans were using structured symbols to ...

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A trio of jawbones, a leg bone, and a handful of vertebrae and teeth found in Morocco may represent one of the last common ancestors of Neandertals, Denisovans and modern humans. “We can say that the ...

Fossils nearly three-quarters of a million years old, discovered in North Africa, may belong to a common ancestor of Neanderthals, Denisovans and modern humans that lived shortly before the three ...