This shift, researchers say, marks a climatic tipping point—and it may have shaped the evolution of our species. “Things were ...
Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...
Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...
Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...
Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...
Genomic analysis shows that interbreeding between female Neanderthals and human males was less common than the opposite ...
Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...
Researchers said this provides "an evolutionarily grounded explanation for the development of external breasts in humans." ...
A study out Thursday in Science argues that Neanderthal men and human women were particularly inclined to mate, a sexual ...
The team calculated that the mosquitos likely developed their “ anthropophily ”—their taste for human blood—at a point some 2 ...
When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.