An curved arrow pointing right. Scientists have a new theory why human women might have had trouble breeding with Neanderthal men around 40,000 years ago. Produced by Brad Streicher. Original ...

“It paints a different story than this rare encounter. Whenever you ran into a Neanderthal, it was okay to have a baby with a Neanderthal,” said Fernando Villanea, an anthropologist at the ...

The woman, known as Shanidar Z, is a 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal found at the Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan, in ...

Modern humans with slightly elongated skull shapes may share rare genetic material inherited from Neanderthals, our closest extinct relatives, new research suggests. Scientists at the Max Planck ...

Our closest cousins, the Neanderthals, excelled at making stone tools and hunting animals, and survived the rigors of multiple ice ages. So why did they disappear 27,000 years ago? While ...

This photo provided by João Zilhão shows forearm bone fragments belonging to an ancient child that appeared to have features from both humans and Neanderthals. (João Zilhão via AP) Advertisement ...