Two teams using different methods both conclude that humans and Neanderthals had children together starting roughly 50,000 ...

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the ...

For decades, scientists have been captivated by the enigma of Neanderthals. These ancient relatives of modern humans have ...

Analysis of early modern human genomes suggests that Neanderthal DNA was introduced to populations in Europe around 43,500 to ...

The Neanderthal DNA found in modern human genomes has long raised questions about ancient interbreeding. New studies offer a ...

New research refines the timeline of interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals, showing it began about 50,500 ...

Surviving Neanderthal genes in the modern genome tell a story of thousands of years of interactions. Recent DNA studies have ...

An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, modern humans mated with Neanderthals. But exactly how and when that happened, and who those ...

Ancient genomes reveal a narrow time window for Neanderthal and human interbreeding, raising new questions about their shared ...

Today, all humans except those with only African heritage bear the marks of this union in their DNA. The study's findings ...

A new study says Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago.