ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEA discovery and study of prehistoric teeth found in 1910 and 1911 suggest that neanderthals and modern humans interbred. The teeth were discovered over 100 years ago at the La Cotte de St. Brelade cave in Jersey, an island on the English channel, a report from Gizmodo states. The teeth, along with fossils and modern genomes, provide sufficient evidence of interbreeding.
A new study has found that a genetic variant responsible for increased risks of severe COVID-19 is almost identical to those found in a Neanderthal ancestor from southern Europe.
Neanderthal skeletons found in Shadinar's Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan may suggest that these extinct human species may have felt compassion for their dead.
DNA sequencing has helped scientists in mapping the evolution of our species for ages and because of that, humans are closer in understanding their origins.
A group of scientists has revealed on Wednesday that Neanderthals, not humans, were the first American settlers on the continent way back more than 130 000 years ago.
Scientists discover that Neanderthals have spacial recognition, know visual harmony and distance. Neanderthals have an interest in visually harmonious motifs.
Researchers found Neanderthal fossils from Belgium and the El Sidrón site in Asturias, northern Spain. By Analyzing DNA samples researchers found they used various plants to heal their tooth problems.
Fossil of two human skulls was discovered from the Lingjing site in Eastern China. Zhan-Yang Li and his team found that those skulls are more than 100,000 years old and they have some similarities with both modern and Extinct human species.