High in the Caucasus Mountains, buried beneath the cold floor of a limestone cave, archaeologists have found something small, ...

Several scientific studies confirm that both species coexisted for seven millennia and even reproduced among themselves.

Understandably, this has generated a lot of “Jurassic Park”-like excitement, and the press coverage has been intense. One ...

Perhaps the most well-known of these components are proteins — long chains of amino acids that cells make with instructions from the DNA. When the DNA changes, the cell is able to make new ...

The Takarkori women also demonstrated a 10-fold reduction in Neanderthal DNA compared to populations living outside of Africa. They have more Neanderthal DNA than contemporary sub-Saharan Africans.

Imagine standing face-to-face with a Neanderthal, looking into eyes that reflect a world both alien and achingly familiar. Just a few decades ago, most people pictured these ancient humans as brutish ...

The industry’s pawprints are all over the buzzy de-extincted canine, with famous investors including Peter Jackson and George ...

A reconstruction of a Neanderthal man in the Natural History Museum, Vienna. A new study suggests Neanderthals could not adapt to a period of increased radiation as well as early modern humans did.

Interestingly, says Slimak, Thorin and his ancestors within this group of Neanderthals were isolated and did not show any traces of ancient humans in their DNA. This is a surprising feat considering ...

Recent research suggests that prehistoric Homo sapiens employed sunscreen and clothing to combat increased ultraviolet (UV) radiation during periods of changes in Earth's magnetic field.