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

When ancient DNA studies began to gain attention, little more than a decade ago, the view took hold among geneticists that ...

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

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 ...

A novel DNA analysis of skeletons excavated from a Neolithic hunter-gatherer cemetery in Sweden has revealed surprising ...