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

Scientists say DNA evidence indicates male Neanderthals and human females interbred more often than opposite ...

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

Interbreeding between Neandertals and ancient anatomically modern humans primarily occurred between male Neandertals and female humans, a new study suggests ...

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

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...