For years, geneticists have wrestled with a curious absence: many modern people carry Neanderthal DNA, yet large stretches of the human X chromosome are almost empty of it. A new study argues that ...

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 new study found that when Neanderthals and early humans interbred — a known phenomenon between the two species — most pairings appear to have involved Neanderthal males and human females. This may ...

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

DNA evidence suggests homo sapiens women more often paired with Neanderthal men, helping explain why Neanderthal genes are rare.

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 ...

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

Perhaps human females found Neanderthal males to be high-status providers. Or perhaps Neanderthal society was “patrilocal” — meaning women moved to join the man’s family — while human society was the ...

Neanderthal males had a tendency to mate with human females, new research suggests.

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...