Simulations suggest Neanderthals were on the brink of extinction by the time our ancestors arrived on the Iberian Peninsula.

Some modern humans carry Neanderthal gene variants that affect how their bodies metabolize common medications. This explains ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

It took more than a century for researchers to prove that Neanderthals were actually quite intelligent and that they ...

This innovative approach combines climate data, archaeological evidence, and population dynamics to simulate how Neanderthals moved across the landscape. The model reveals that by the time ...

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analyzed the dynamics ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

Researchers at the University of Cologne use simulations to investigate the likelihood of interactions between Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans on the Iberian Peninsula / publication in ...

Early humans may have feasted on Neanderthal children 45,000 years ago, according to a grisly new study. Researchers have ...

The "Dragon Man" skull reveals groundbreaking insights into Denisovans' genetics, appearance, and impact on modern humans.