A 2026 study finds sex-biased interbreeding, not genetic incompatibility, likely explains why Neanderthal DNA is scarce on the human X chromosome.

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to a new genetic ...

Recent scientific breakthroughs highlight diverse discoveries, ranging from a small dinosaur fossil in Argentina to insights into prehistoric interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens.

A detailed study of Neanderthal bones from Belgium reveals evidence of selective cannibalism, shedding light on potential ...

In Argentina, researchers have discovered a well-preserved fossil of one of the world's smallest-known dinosaurs, Alnashetri cerropoliciensis. Scientists also reveal insights into Neanderthal-Homo ...

Our DNA carries the history of ancient migrations, encounters, and relationships between different human groups. A new study suggests that intimate connections between modern humans and Neanderthals ...

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

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

The 2010 discovery that early humans and Neanderthals once encountered one another and had babies was a scientific bombshell that electrified the field of human origins. Now, geneticists at the ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

Archaeologists in Spain have discovered an odd collection of animal bones that may point to evidence of an ancient ...