A new study has found that Neanderthals bred with our human ancestors some 100,000 years earlier than previously thought.

Experts have discovered that a five-year-old child who lived 140,000 years ago had parents from both species.

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...

A gene called ASDL, which helps synthesize DNA, differs between modern humans and our extinct human relatives. The findings ...

Neanderthals co-existed with humans until about 28,000 years ago (Source: Anthropological Institute, University of Zürich) ...

Learn how modern humans adapted to the Americas, possibly thanks to a Denisovan gene.

Neanderthals and humans lived alongside each other in France and northern Spain for up to 2,900 years, modelling research suggested Thursday, giving them plenty of time to potentially learn from ...

Where did Neanderthals live? Neanderthals evolved in Europe and Asia while modern humans - our species, Homo sapiens - were evolving in Africa. Judging from fossil evidence from Sima de los Huesos in ...

Neanderthals and modern humans were both living in Europe for between 2,600 and 5,400 years, according to a new article. For the first time, scientists have constructed a robust timeline showing ...