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 ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.

Most people of non-African ancestry carry about 2% Neanderthal DNA, and researchers report a mirror image pattern with more human DNA on the Neanderthal X chromosome.

But the study, published Thursday in the journal Science, shows “that whenever Neanderthals and modern humans have mated, ...

The findings may reveal new insights into early human mating preferences ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.

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

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

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

A new radiocarbon reassessment has established that the so-called Lapedo child from central Portugal was buried approximately ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations ...