NEW YORK -- A small bone fragment that scientists initially ignored has produced a bonanza: enough Neanderthal DNA to start mapping the genetic code of the stocky and muscular relative of modern ...

Scientists have sequenced DNA from one of humans' closest relatives, the Neanderthal. Guests examine what that prehistoric genetic code might tell us about how these early hominids lived, and why they ...

Every human face is unique, allowing us to distinguish between individuals. We know little about how facial features are encoded in our DNA, but we may be able to learn more about how our faces ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists said yesterday that by unleashing a new kind of DNA analyzer on a 38,000-year-old fragment of fossilized Neanderthal bone that they had reconstructed a portion of that creature ...

BERLIN — American and German scientists yesterday launched a twoyear project to decipher Neanderthals’ genetic code, a feat they hope will help deepen understanding of how modern humans’ brains ...