The first complete genetic portrait of a so‑called “last Neanderthal” is forcing scientists to redraw the map of our origins, from who we met to how we survived. Instead of a simple story of ...

For more than a century, the disappearance of Neanderthals has been framed as a story of extinction, a vanishing act that cleared the stage for Homo sapiens. A new wave of genetic and archaeological ...

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there. By Carl Zimmer One of ...