Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

A study out Thursday in Science argues that Neanderthal men and human women were particularly inclined to mate, a sexual ...

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...