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A new analysis of more than 2,500 human genomes indicates that modern Eurasians who acquired Neanderthal DNA during past interbreeding migrated back to Africa and spread those sequences.

The Scientist’s reporters tracked the development of CAR T cell therapies, explored the Neanderthal DNA in our genomes, and dove into a CRISPR controversy.

Researchers’ simulations suggest that small population sizes and inbreeding made Neanderthal populations vulnerable to chance fluctuations in population size.

A discovery of Neanderthal footprints reveals insights into the hominin’s social structure.

Fossil records show that the most recent shared ancestor with modern humans may have lived at least 800,000 years ago.

A mandible dating to 160,000 years ago is the first evidence of Denisovan hominins outside the Russian cave where they were first discovered in 2010.

Denisovans and Neanderthals likely overlapped at this Stone Age hot spot for thousands of years, and modern Homo sapiens may have dwelled there, too.  

The findings of a new study contradict previous results from some of the same scientists that suggested Neanderthal DNA was gradually removed from modern human genomes.

Modern humans retain DNA sequences from Neanderthals related to fighting off RNA-based viruses.

Genetic analysis of a bone fragment reveals the girl’s mixed ancestry 90,000 years ago. 

Three members of a gene family called NOTCH2NL may have been involved in the evolution of humans’ big cortex.

Brain organoids engineered to carry the genetic material could reveal how our brains are similar to and different from those of our closest relatives.

DNA analysis gives clues to how the ancient hominin’s population split and how they interacted with modern humans.

The animal pictures and hand stencils were made in caves in Spain thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

The find is estimated to be at least 177,000 years old.

A new study reveals how Neanderthal DNA in the genomes of present-day British people influences their traits.

Eighty years ago, a Neanderthal femur dating back more than 120,000 years was recovered from a Southwestern Germany cave. Now, the ancient bone reveals new clues about the bedfellows of human ancestors. 

Mitochondrial DNA in Neanderthal bone suggests humans first left Africa earlier than previously thought.

Ancient hominins in northern Spain ate mushrooms, pine nuts, and moss, and may have used Penicillium mold and other natural products to sooth toothache pain.

Ancient skulls discovered in China may belong to a new hominid species that possessed both modern human and Neanderthal characteristics.