Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

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

A new Neanderthal DNA study suggests interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals favored pairings of female humans ...

New research is providing insight into the prehistoric pairings that led to the presence of Neanderthal DNA in most ...

A study shows that interbreeding between the two species occurred primarily in one direction, and the origin of this bias is ...

A new study suggests preeclampsia, a deadly pregnancy disorder, may have contributed to Neanderthal extinction.

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia. Genomic research by members of Sarah Tishkoff's lab at the University of ...

A new genetic study reveals that ancient humans and Neanderthals frequently interbred, with female humans more often mating ...