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Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be carrying as much as 2% of the ...

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(Paul Hudson/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) We Homo sapiens are pretty damn proud of our tool-making prowess. From smartphones to ...

Ancient bones reveal that early Homo sapiens and Neanderthals didn’t just coexist. For years, scientists argued about whether Homo sapiens interbred with Neanderthal groups in Europe. The Oase fossils ...

A Neanderthal growth hormone receptor may be linked to slightly greater muscle mass in some people today. Here is what it ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

As we bask in the golden age of Neanderthal discoveries, where it seems like every week or month, scientists uncover another fact that radically changes what we thought we knew about our ancient ...

The oldest wooden artifacts we have are mostly weapons. They include spears from a German town called Schöningen, a spear tip ...

Washington — When Homo sapiens trekked out of Africa, our species encountered Neanderthal populations already inhabiting the vast expanses of Europe, Asia and the Middle East. As the presence of ...