Neanderthals have become unlikely test cases for the limits of generative AI. A new wave of research argues that when ...

When our ancient ancestors made the journey out of Africa and took their first steps in Eurasia, they came face-to-face with Neanderthals for the first time – and boy, did they hit it off. In fact, ...

Deep in your muscles, an enzyme called AMPD1 helps turn chemical fuel into usable energy. When it does not work well, muscles tire faster.

We are getting a clearer sense of where and how often Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, and it turns out the behaviour ...

In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, led by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the Neanderthal ...

The discovery rewrites the history of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals. In a new study published in the journal l’Anthropologie, scientists have identified the earliest-known ...

The secret to differences between modern humans and Neanderthals appears to have as much to do with which genes are switched on and which are switched off as it does with differences in the raw ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." DNA study leads researchers to pin humanity’s low pain thresholds on Neanderthals. The team believes that ...

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