Every time you look in the mirror, you are seeing the legacy of an extinct cousin. A small but influential fraction of your ...

But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...

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NEW YORK -- A small bone fragment that scientists initially ignored has produced a bonanza: enough Neanderthal DNA to start mapping the genetic code of the stocky and muscular relative of modern ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

(CNN) — Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe, and the information is helping to reveal our species’ shared history with Neanderthals.

Research into hundreds of genomes spanning 50,000 years of human history indicates that early modern humans and Neanderthals interbred in a relatively narrow time window, shedding light on the ...

This year, we learned that our Neanderthal cousins were a lot like us, despite treading their own path that ended in extinction. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...