MailOnline has asked leading paleoanthropologists to reveal what the hybrid children of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals would have looked like.

'Sister lineage' The so-called Dragon Man likely belonged to a lineage that may be our closest relatives, even more closely related to us than Neanderthals, the study found.

flat cheeks, a wide mouth, and a large nose. These bones also show that Denisovans would have been exceptionally large and muscular people, much stronger than more slender Homo sapiens. However, ...

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the ancient 'Dragon Man', confirming that this 146,000-year-old skull belonged to a member of the Denisovans.

A remarkable discovery in China has linked the 'Dragon Man' skull to the elusive Denisovans, an extinct human group previously known mainly from fragmented DNA. Analysis of dental plaque and bone ...

One day around 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal man in what is now central Spain came across a large granite pebble whose pleasing contours and indentations snagged his eye. Something in the shape of ...

A Neanderthal man is believed to have painted a nose on a pebble using red pigment more than 43,000 years ago.

I know it’s not fair to Neanderthals, but by calling Trump one, we only insult ourselves, since we’re all a little bit Neanderthal – especially those who voted to put him back in office.

This reconstruction of a Neanderthal man’s features is based on the fossils found at the French site of La Chapelle-aux-Saints. Paleoartist Elisabeth Daynès created the sculpture.