Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.

Likewise, autistic children often activate visual areas more intensely when solving mathematical problems compared to non-autistic peers. This overlap between ancient genes and modern cognitive traits ...

If you have diabetes, you may have a Neanderthal to thank/blame, according to recent genome studies. Science and Nature today published independent studies of Neanderthal DNA, both of which shed some ...

3D models of Homo sapiens (top two images) and Homo neanderthalensis (bottom two images) crania for visual comparison. The human model was created from DICOM files of an anonymized volunteer patient ...

In a spectacular bit of science, a group of scientists has sequenced the DNA from the femur of a man who died 45,000 years ago. The femur they studied is over 20 times older than this 2000 year old ...

The original evolution of hominins (modern humans and their evolutionary ancestors since the split with other great apes) took place in Africa about 7 million years ago, based on the fossil record.

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to AI-powered genetic research, scientists have revealed a far more entangled ...