By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

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

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

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

The story of human history is far more complex than many people realize. For a long time, scientists believed that modern ...

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

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

The study of human evolution and comparative anatomy bridges palaeontology, biomechanics and evolutionary biology to elucidate the origins of our unique anatomy. Recent analyses have shed new light on ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...