Human populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood ...

A team of paleoanthropologists and geneticists from Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES has found evidence of what may have ...

Was blood a factor in the demise of the Neanderthals? New research is showing that Homo sapiens underwent huge changes in ...

These indicate that Neanderthals ranging from Spain to Siberia were relatively low in numbers and diversity during their last 20,000 years. The genome of one female individual from the Altai Mountains ...

“The results point to a mosaic pattern of Neanderthal extinction in Europe and provide a shorter time frame for the potential interaction of humans with Neanderthals,” said study author Ron Pinhasi, a ...

The reasons for the demise of the Neanderthals some 30 thousand years ago, only a few millennia after the first appearance of modern humans in Europe, remain controversial, and are a focus of ...

Palaeoanthropologist describes the main features of the female Shanidar Z Neanderthal skull. Palaeo-anthropologist Dr Emma Pomeroy describes the main features of Shanidar Z, a Neanderthal skull ...

"For any case of inbreeding of a Neanderthal female with a Homo sapiens or Denisova male," Mazières said, "there is a high risk of hemolytic disease of the newborn." The condition can lead to ...