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

For many, the name Neanderthals conjures images ... the scientific community set out to map the genetic remnants interwoven ...

Researchers were able to pull DNA out of tiny bone fragments found in two Russian caves. In their study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, they used the genetic data to map out relationships ...

Scientists have previously suggested Neanderthal DNA was gradually removed from modern human genomes during the last 45,000 years. But a new study, published last week in PNAS, reports that ...