Neanderthals lost genetic diversity around 110,000 years ago. Researchers confirmed this by studying fossilized inner ears.

Neanderthals clung onto existence in Eurasia until roughly 40,000 years ago, yet new research suggests that their numbers declined drastically around 70,000 years prior to their eventual extinction.

Unluisler said: ‘Neanderthal DNA has been linked to variations in hair characteristics. ‘Some people with Neanderthal ancestry may have slightly thicker or straighter hair. ‘Studies have ...

How do you tell? Our close evolutionary cousins, the Neanderthals, make look like us but there are distinct features in their skulls that set them apart. Palaeoanthropologist describes the main ...

Human evolution expert Prof Chris Stringer has studied Neanderthals his entire career. Here, he tells us what scientists have uncovered about the lifestyle of these early humans, their distinctive ...

For years, scientists have known that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred, leaving behind genetic traces that still ...

The Manot skull fragment, which lacks a brow ridge and jaw, has distinctly Homo sapien features, but also hints of Neanderthal characteristics. The authors were careful not to over-interpret their ...

Human populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood group systems. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

The researchers suggest that Rh incompatibility could have contributed to the demise of the Neanderthal population. Blood group characteristics, although crucial for the proper functioning of the ...