This area includes one of the best-known Neanderthal sites, Shanidar Cave, where the remains of ten Neanderthal individuals ...

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans, the lineage of the specimen, dubbed ...

Thorin — nicknamed after a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — is also called the "last Neanderthal" because he may ...

Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into ... South Africa and Zambia -- which has some of the world's earliest evidence of modern humans, with the oldest genomes dating back around ...

Researchers uncover the DNA of Neanderthal "Thorin," revealing genetic isolation and inbreeding within his group.

Throughout modern humans’ genetic makeup, approximately two percent of our DNA is inherited from Neanderthals. The inherited DNA has shaped various traits and susceptibilities, as disclosed by experts ...

What's more, previous research has found similarities in facial features between Neanderthals and modern humans in this region as well. Curiously, while we have ample evidence of Neanderthal DNA in ...