By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.

Neanderthal DNA study reveals surprising partner preference - This intriguing discovery raises significant questions about the nature of these prehistoric interactions ...

DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

That difference stands out even more when I set Neanderthals alongside chimpanzees, which also have protruding jaws and heavy brow ridges. Modern humans sit at the other end of this spectrum, with a ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic analysis. Scientists know that Neanderthals and humans mated because there is ...

A study shows that interbreeding between the two species occurred primarily in one direction, and the origin of this bias is still unclear ...

Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago.

Neanderthals died out some 30,000 years ago, but their genes live on within many of us. African people have very little Neanderthal DNA because their ancestors didn't make the trip through Eurasia, ...