For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

Study Showcases Certain Neanderthal Gene Variants Make an Individual More Susceptible to Autism Neanderthals may have vanished a long time ago, but they continue to startle scientists with discoveries ...

Recent research suggests that some of these genetic variants inherited from Neanderthals could be linked to autism spectrum ...

Significant brain defects known as Chiari malformations could be down the genes some of us have inherited from Neanderthals, according to a new study, causing a mismatch between brain shape and skull ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

Inbred Neanderthals left humans a genetic burden Non-African human populations today have marginally lower fitness thanks to Neanderthal inheritance Date: June 6, 2016 Source: ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

The basic outline of the interactions between modern humans and Neanderthals is now well established. The two came in contact as modern humans began their major expansion out of Africa, which ...

Genetic sequencing gives us the first-ever look at a Neanderthal clan "You know, this image of Neanderthals being brutes, is not quite accurate," says paleogenticist Laurits Skov. "The more we ...

Indeed, Thorin's genetic makeup was much closer to the genomes of early Neanderthals from more than 100,000 years ago, suggesting Thorin's community remained isolated from other Neanderthals for ...

How Neanderthal genetic material could influence nose shapes to this day. Taller noses could've helped ancient humans survive the chilly climates of Europe. By Laura Baisas.

What’s also fascinating is that we didn’t just mate with Neanderthals. Genetics are finding evidence of gene flows between humans and the recently discovered Denisovans, and I’m told there ...