Claims that Neanderthal men "preferred" Homo sapiens women may make for catchy headlines, but the underlying research does not actually show prehistoric romance. The genetic evidence only points to an ...

Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some scientific support, researchers can't agree on which—or which combination—is ...

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In life, this Neanderthal family from Northern Spain struggled as their species declined. In death, bone evidence shows they became food for another Neanderthal group. NOVA is available to stream on ...

Not every modern human has the same set of Neanderthal DNA, however; different people will, by chance, have inherited different fragments. But there are also some areas, termed “Neanderthal deserts,” ...

Ancient DNA from a rare Neanderthal fetus, known from only 12 fragmented bones, provided insight into an earlier evolutionary branch and helped researchers trace a massive population crash that ...