Neanderthal News

The prevalence of these genes varies widely. In South Asia, roughly 30% of people have them, compared to roughly one in six Europeans

A study by the University of York in the UK, shows that Neanderthal health care was uncalculated and highly effectivechallenging our notions that they were brutish compared to modern humans

A partial jawbone bearing seven teeth unearthed in a cave in Israel represents what scientists are calling the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains outside Africa

Researchers said human bones from a newborn, a child and four adults who lived around 40,000 years ago show clear signs of cutting to extract the marrow within

Scientists say modern women's immune systems might have attacked male fetuses carrying certain Neanderthal mutations

Scientists detect residual DNA from Homo sapiens, a sign of inter-species mating, from genome of a Neanderthal woman whose remains were found in a Altai Mountains cave

Study finds that certain genes inherited from Neanderthals have been linked to psychiatric disorders, blood clotting and addictive behaviours

Interbreeding of Neanderthals with modern humans in Europe thousands of years ago may have left us with gene variations that increased our ability to ward off infection

Homo naledi's foot, hand anatomy shared many characteristics with our species but possessed some primitive traits useful for tree climbing, the researchers said

Scientists extract an unprecedented amount of 6 to 9% of Neanderthals genome from a jawbone claimed to be the oldest modern human found in Europe