Scientists have long agreed that early humans mated with Neanderthals, but a pair of recent studies have shed light on when exactly this DNA mixing occurred. Such a revelation could help ...

Neanderthal DNA may also make some people ... of the uterus for the possible implantation of a fertilized egg during reproduction. If fertilization is successful, progesterone also supports ...

Standing proud in the Museum's Human Evolution gallery are two of the most scientifically accurate reconstructions that exist of a Neanderthal and early modern human. Find out how these lifelike ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

The reasons for the demise of the Neanderthals some 30 thousand years ago, only a few millennia after the first appearance of modern humans in Europe, remain controversial, and are a focus of ...

Genetic material recovered from 40,000-year-old human bones unearthed in Romania harbors about 6-9 percent Neanderthal DNA, the study reports. Some of this DNA was contained in three relatively large ...

“The results point to a mosaic pattern of Neanderthal extinction in Europe and provide a shorter time frame for the potential interaction of humans with Neanderthals,” said study author Ron Pinhasi, a ...

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...

This occurred relatively recently in primate evolution and effectively improved reproduction rates and ... long after our split from Neanderthals. Some time prior to this last common ancestor's ...

Close your eyes and picture a Neanderthal. You're probably imagining heavy browridges, a big, broad nose, perhaps a jutting midface. If so, you're right on, though those are only the most obvious ...

Terms in italic are defined in a glossary at the bottom of this page. Note that the Neanderthal is painted plaster of paris, with the maroon spots indicating pieces missing from the original.