But the study, published Thursday in the journal Science, shows “that whenever Neanderthals and modern humans have mated, ...

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that ...

A new Neanderthal DNA study suggests interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals favored pairings of female humans ...

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

Perhaps human females found Neanderthal males to be high-status providers. Or perhaps Neanderthal society was “patrilocal” — ...

A novel DNA analysis of skeletons excavated from a Neolithic hunter-gatherer cemetery in Sweden has revealed surprising ...