As such, he named the Neanderthal Thorin after the Tolkien character. “Thorin in the Hobbit is one of the last dwarf kings ...

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.” ...

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 ...

Did you know that almost everyone outside of Africa has around 2% Neanderthal DNA in their genomes ... Watch how the maps and images of our planet from above have changed over the last two ...

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 ...

In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, lead by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the ...