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

The Fascination with Neanderthals Begins For many, the name Neanderthals conjures images of hairy, robust humans who walked ...

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 ...

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A recent DNA study challenges long-held beliefs about the evolution of skin color in ancient Europeans, revealing that the majority may have had dark skin as recently as 3,000 years ago. Led by Guido ...

asked Erling Haaland as he stood in a snowy field brushing his hair and wearing just shorts ... you could be tempted to paint the Viking as a neanderthal. That could not be further than the ...

I spent every day of my junior high school years being unmercifully made fun of because the hair on my arms was darker and thicker ... calling me a fat ugly dog, neanderthal and dick nose, just to ...

The findings include fossilized pieces of wood, an oak leaf, animal hair, and coprolites ... and both the classic Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans, but shows characteristics of all those ...

When modern humans journeyed out of Africa, a rapid evolution in their red blood cells may have helped them survive — but it may have also led to the eventual disappearance of Neanderthals ...

Almost two centuries after the first Neanderthal was discovered, we are still learning a great deal about our ancient relatives. Neanderthals weren't the cave-dwelling, knuckle-dragging brutes ...

How different are we from Neanderthals? The answer is “not as much as we used to think”. Or, to put it another way, the more we learn about this group of archaic humans, the more similarities ...