Early human ancestors called the LRJ Group lived in Europe for 80 generations, intermingling with Neanderthals, before ...

Scientists have uncovered a genetic variant, inherited from Neanderthals, that may limit athletic performance. The mutation is thought to affect roughly 8% of modern-day Europeans and influences the ...

Fossils offer a detailed record of early human skulls but not the brains inside them. So researchers have been using genetic material taken from those fossils to search for clues about how the human ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, they uncovered a living legacy inside most people alive today. A small but ...

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analyzed the dynamics ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The remains of the Lapedo Child, found in Portugal in 1998, showed signs of being both Neanderthal and ...

From the sound of traffic to spending too much time on your smartphone, there are plenty of things in the modern world that can give you a headache. But scientists now say that some people's pounding ...

Five variants of a lipid transporter gene associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes among Mexicans and other Latin Americans are also seen in a Neanderthal genome sequence, ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have produced the first direct evidence that parts of our brains implicated in mental disorders may be shaped by a "residual echo" from ...

Recently, scientists discovered that some of these inherited Neanderthal genes might increase susceptibility to autism spectrum disorder (ASD). New research from Clemson University and Loyola ...

Learn more about how researchers can take evidence from the past to better shape our idea of what Neanderthals looked like.

Lab-grown brainlike organoids altered with an ancient gene began to look and behave differently. The experiments help show how the human brain has... 'Minibrains' With A Neanderthal Gene Offer Hints ...