New evidence confirms suspicions that early modern humans ... to last year’s complete sequencing of the Neanderthal genome, the researchers could compare the genomes of more than 6,000 modern humans .

Imagine standing face-to-face with a Neanderthal, looking into eyes that reflect a world both alien and achingly familiar.

Staring into the twinkling eyes in the weathered features of the Neanderthal man, it's possible to feel a ... Museum's Human Evolution gallery is 175cm tall and in his fifties Early modern humans were ...

A reconstruction of a Neanderthal man in the Natural History Museum, Vienna. A new study suggests Neanderthals could not adapt to a period of increased radiation as well as early modern humans did.

Human origins expert Professor Chris Stringer discusses what this Neanderthal inheritance may have meant for the early modern humans who migrated out of Africa, and what it means for us today.

Ancient artifacts such as stone tools and fossils, including ancient human skulls and teeth, provide crucial information for understanding the origins of modern humans. The archaeological record ...

Modern-day humans can have up to 4% DNA in their genes, more commonly people of European origin. And as scientists’ understanding of the ancient genome increases, more and more modern traits are ...

The child had early modern human and Neanderthal features such as the chin and lower arms of a modern human but the jaw and build of a Neanderthal. Researchers believe that the child's anatomy was ...

Prof. Andrew Thompson, a leading expert in global and imperial history in the Faculty of History at Oxford University, has presented a new Framework of Analysis for Modern Slavery & Human ...

But the persistence of even the small amount of Neanderthal DNA remaining in modern humans raises the question of why this DNA was retained and if there was any functional (i.e., selected-for ...

Artefacts unearthed in Yunnan province display key features of toolmaking technology associated with Neanderthals much further west.