Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...
A new study suggests preeclampsia, a deadly pregnancy disorder, may have contributed to Neanderthal extinction.
Did modern humans erase Neanderthals, or did our close cousins fade away for reasons that had little to do with us? A pair of major papers in Science and Nature on Dec. 12, 2024, sharpen that question ...