Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health! Neanderthal DNA strengthens the immune system and regulates inflammation Denisovan ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared technology and customs in the Levant, shaping early human culture through cooperation.

The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared technologies and customs.

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A New Timeline for Neanderthal Interbreeding With Modern Humans Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of ...

The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and human, as later confirmed by DNA. New techniques in radiocarbon dating allowed scientists to ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

The human face is strikingly distinct from our fossil cousins and ancestors—most notably, it is significantly smaller, and ...