Unique versions of the lactase gene found in the genomes of East Asian people may have increased in prevalence within the ...

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New research has found that the skeleton of a child with both Neanderthal and modern human traits has been dated […] ...

Scientists have successfully dated the remains of a child with both human and Neanderthal features discovered in Portugal 27 ...

Discovered in Portugal in 1998, the individual dubbed the “Lapedo Child” has long perplexed scientists, thanks to a curious ...

Neanderthal fossils show a major population drop 110,000 years ago. Researchers link this to reduced genetic diversity.

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered ...

For thousands of years, Neanderthals flourished across Eurasia. But new research suggests their genetic diversity plummeted ...

A recent study compared features of Neanderthals' inner ears across space and time to extrapolate what happened to them tens ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...