For tens of thousands of years, two species — Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans — shared vast landscapes.

Most people have some amount of Neanderthal DNA from the extinct cousins of modern humans who lived in Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago. New research on available Neanderthal genetic ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are ...

At some point before our ancestors left Africa, they interbred with this unknown species, contributing to a long and complicated series of affairs between separate hominin lineages. The rest of this ...

A new genomic analysis proposes that interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals was strongly sex-biased. Pairings occurred primarily between Neanderthal males and modern human females. This ...

When Neanderthals and ancient modern humans interbred, the pairings were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans. This finding helps explain why Neanderthal ancestry present in most humans ...

Most people today have a little Neanderthal DNA sprinkled through their genome. These genomic signals are the telltale signs that overlapping populations of ancient anatomically modern humans and ...

NEW YORK -- Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don't know much about who got with whom, or why. A new genetic ...

Around 2% of modern humans carry Neanderthal DNA, meaning we know early humans got super intimate with our now-extinct relatives. According to new research, when Neanderthals and humans did hit it off ...

FILE PHOTO: An AI-reconstructed image, created at Tel Aviv University, shows a mixed Neanderthal–Homo Sapiens family. Image obtained by Reuters on August 19, 2025. Tel Aviv University/Handout via ...

Discover new clues about how our ancient relatives disappeared from time.