(CNN) — Neanderthals may not have been that different from us, after all. New evidence reveals that they created the world's oldest known cave paintings and even wore seashells as body ornaments. Both ...

A new study has revealed new insights into the mating patterns and preferences of early humans.

Neanderthals systematically boiled animal bones to extract fat and grease at an industrial scale 125,000 years ago, according to a new study that reframes long-standing assumptions about their dietary ...

Geneticists have found an interesting pattern in how early humans and Neanderthals interbred—and it wasn't balanced.

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on the X chromosome.

Neanderthal bones recovered from a Belgian cave and dated to between 41,000 and 45,000 years ago bear unmistakable signs of ...

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 ...

Research focused on human remains found at the Troisième caverne of Goyet, a cave site in present-day Belgium that contains one of the largest known assemblages of Neanderthal bones in northern EU.

Genetic research indicates that Neanderthal and Homor Sapiens interbreeding was socially driven to an unexpected degree.

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right moment. A new study suggests that part of that story reaches far back into ...

Interbreeding Direction Solves Neanderthal X Chromosome Mystery Homo sapiens females unions with Neanderthal males explain X chromosome DNA gap ...

A new study has revealed new insights into the mating patterns and preferences of early humans. The study, published in the journal Science on Feb. 26, found that when Neanderthals and early humans ...