Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, the researchers have uncovered a history of genetic intermingling that reveals a ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

Neanderthals might have lived as ‘different human form’ instead of separate species, scientists say - ‘We demonstrate that ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks ...

A new study shows that our ability to digest carbs long predates the agricultural revolution, and even Neanderthals had ...

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern ...

Discoveries from the genomes of the last Neanderthals are rewriting the story of how our own species came to replace them ...

If you've ever struggled to reduce your carb intake, ancient DNA might be to blame. It has long been known that humans carry ...

A new study has suggested that the ability to start digesting starchy foods in the mouth may have developed before the split ...

Spear-throwing tools called atlatls allow humans to launch projectiles over great distances, but Neanderthals apparently ...

They found that pre-agricultural hunter-gatherers carried an average of four to eight AMY1 copies in their genetic makeup, ...

LSU anthropology professor attended a conference in Croatia, where she was invited to present her research on human ancestors ...