If Neanderthal women mated with Homo sapiens or Denisovan men, there was a high risk of newborns having neonatal hemolytic ...

Scientists uncovered how ancient blood groups helped Homo sapiens as compared to Neanderthals in their survival and spread ...

A team of paleoanthropologists and geneticists from Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES has found evidence of what may have ...

The idea that Neanderthals and some ancestral populations of Homo sapiens interbred has gained traction over the past two ...

There has been some incredible research into the role this DNA plays in modern human neurodevelopment, so here's an overview ...

Neanderthal blood types may have made them ill-equipped to deal with infectious diseases.

Human populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood ...

Learn how interbreeding with Neanderthals may have bolstered our immune systems.

A group of scientists has found clues in blood groups that explain how modern humans managed to survive and expand from ...

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still ...

Almost two centuries after the first Neanderthal was discovered, we are still learning a great deal about our ancient relatives. Neanderthals weren't the cave-dwelling, knuckle-dragging brutes they ...

Over a million years ago, Homo erectus demonstrated remarkable adaptability by thriving in harsh desert environments, ...