The first ancient human fossils that scientists discovered were of Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) in the late 1840s. However, it wasn't until the 1990s and 2000s that they were confirmed to ...

The Neanderthals are probably the most famous of this bunch, but at roughly the same time there were the Denisovans, Homo heidelbergensis, Homo naledi, and Homo erectus, as well as diminutive ...

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to ...

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

Recent research suggests that some of these genetic variants inherited from Neanderthals could be linked to autism spectrum ...

But Neanderthals weren't the only human relative with which H. sapiens interbred after they trekked out of Africa some 64,000 years ago.

The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, ...

“We now know that for the vast majority of human history, we've had a history of contact between modern humans and Neanderthals,” said Akey. The hominins who are our most direct ancestors split from ...

Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that still exists in many modern-day people, according to two new studies. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

Take heart in this impression. A century ago, when adolescent psychology first emerged as a field of study, that was exactly ...