A Neanderthal skull from Forbes' Quarry, Gibraltar. (AquilaGib/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0) Genetic deterioration may not ...

It’s rare that ancient DNA from Neanderthals remains as intact as scientists would like. But on the lucky occasion that ...

A new study published in Nature provides the most detailed picture to date of Neanderthal diversity in Western Europe shortly ...

Analysis of 27 genomes reveals more diverse, better-connected populations and challenges the idea that genetic decline caused ...

Genetic analysis of Neanderthals in north-western Europe reveals that this population was surprisingly genetically diverse, ...

Recent findings from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology help reconstruct the genetic relationships of late Neanderthals in Northwestern Europe before they went extinct around 40,000 ...

A roughly 110,000-year-old male Neanderthal and a roughly 120,000-year-old Neanderthal recovered from the same cave in ...

A new modeling study suggests that greater connectivity between groups may have given Homo sapiens the edge over Neanderthals. Why Neanderthals went extinct and Homo sapiens established a lasting ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to some of the big questions about their existence and supposed disappearance.

Modern humans exhibited higher growth rates and migrated more quickly than did Neanderthals, thus permitting them to populate and repopulate areas more efficiently. It is impossible to ascertain the ...

A remarkable discovery of 16 bones in Germany's Neander Valley in 1856 challenged prevailing scientific beliefs about human origins. Initially thought to be ancient humans, these remains were later ...