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 ...

“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.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

But the persistence of even the small amount of Neanderthal DNA remaining in modern humans raises the question of why this DNA was retained and if there was any functional (i.e., selected-for ...