For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

The enzyme AMPD1 plays a key role in muscle energy production and normal muscular function. Loss of AMPD1 activity due to ...

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

Researchers at La Trobe University, Australia, and the University of Utah, U.S., report that recent DNA findings challenge ...

New study uses DNA evidence to challenge claims that humans arrived in Sahul 65,000 years ago, pointing to a later migration ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

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

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

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

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

New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.