The discovery of Neanderthal remains sparked a wave of curiosity about these ancient relatives. What set them apart? What ...

The ability to sequence Neanderthal DNA provided concrete evidence of interbreeding ... With these findings, the scientific ...

If your recent ancestry lies outside of Africa, you can safely assume that you carry some Neanderthal DNA. Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may ...

“And what’s really exciting is that even though there was this broader scope of traits that was considered, they point to effects of Neanderthal DNA on similar systems to what’s been seen previously.” ...

Modern Africans have an average of 17 megabases of Neanderthal DNA in their genomes, according to an analysis published today (January 30) in Cell. While that’s still quite a bit less than the 50-plus ...

Shortly thereafter, I came across an article pertaining to Neanderthal DNA. According to modern science, the Neanderthals and our prehistoric ancestors mated, leaving many of us with a small ...

The first scientist to analyze segments of DNA from Neanderthal bones, Paabo now wants to re-create the entire DNA sequence of a Neanderthal and compare it with our own, looking for the reasons ...

Scientists can use the differences that have built up over thousands of years to map the journeys our species took out ... as well as how much Neanderthal DNA they have inherited. Although ...