Their simulations mapped out possible routes Neanderthals could have followed to reach Asia, and suggest that by traveling ...

Scientists explore the mystery of Neanderthal extinction. A new theory links their disappearance to the Laschamp event. This ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

Recent scholarship has concluded that Neanderthals made a second major migration from Eastern Europe to Central and Eastern ...

A unique archaeological find has recently expanded our knowledge of Neanderthals' capacity for symbolic thought. The object ...

Neanderthals were a distinct species of early humans that went extinct around 40,000 years ago but lived alongside modern humans in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

Recent discoveries using lab-grown brain organoids, or "mini-brains," suggest that testosterone increases brain size while ...

An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with Neanderthals in one period between 43,000 and 50,000 years ago.

When you imagine the evolution of homosapien it’s easy to imagine our great ape ancestors turning into upright versions and eventually becoming neanderthals and then modern humans. However, our ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

The result has shown that the Neanderthal genomes contain between 2.5 and 3.7 per cent of genetic sequences originating from modern humans, according to the study published in the latest edition ...