We know that Neanderthal DNA has influenced us modern humans in quite a few ways, but did their DNA influence our skin tones ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

A new study links a particular gene to the ancient origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us communicate in a novel way.

Modern Humans and Neanderthals Are Connected! Ancient Mongolian Skull Reveals Stunning Link Deep within Mongolia’s Salkhit ...

A genetic study published on Tuesday offers an important new clue. Researchers found that, between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

An ancient-DNA revolution is turning the high-speed equipment used to study the DNA of living things on to specimens from the ...

Ancient DNA is telling us more and more about humans and environments long past. Could it also help rescue the future?

A 2023 study found that Ötzi, the famous ancient glacier mummy who lived 5,300 years ago before succumbing to a violent death ...

Homo sapiens began in Africa but Neanderthals were Eurasian. Any miscegenation would have happened after sapiens left its ...

For years, scientists have known that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred, leaving behind genetic traces that still ...