Unique versions of the lactase gene found in the genomes of East Asian people may have increased in prevalence within the ...

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared technologies and customs.

The gene that enables East Asian adults to drink milk without getting side effects like stomach cramps was probably inherited from Neanderthals, thousands of years before humans started consuming ...

The fresh dating timeline puts the remains roughly 40,000 years beyond Neanderthal extinction. Neanderthal genes seem to have hung around long after Neanderthals themselves did, as new scientific ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal ...