Growing research – including ancient DNA technology – is changing the picture of human evolution and how our ancestors interacted with other human-like creatures.View on euronews ...

A picture taken on March 26, 2018 shows a moulding of a Neanderthal man face displayed for the Neanderthal exhibition at the ...

Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.

Researchers found that Neanderthals carried excess modern human DNA on their X chromosomes, pointing to predominantly male ...

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on the X chromosome.

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

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

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

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, according to a new University of Cambridge study that includes a table ranking ...

Geneticists have found an interesting pattern in how early humans and Neanderthals interbred—and it wasn't balanced.

Mating with different partners could become a way to lower that pressure. Just like the red deer, you could be polygynous, meaning you could mate with multiple partners to increase the chances of ...