When the two species got together tens of thousands of years ago, the hookups may have often involved a male Neanderthal and a female human, according to a new study. The findings, described February ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago.

Learn how sex-biased interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans explains why Neanderthal DNA is largely missing ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about who Neanderthals were, whether they mated with modern humans and when ...