Move aside, Neanderthals, new suitors of modern humans have been discovered from the Altai Mountains of Siberia. These suitors are the Denisovans, whose interbreeding with modern humans apparently ...

The study has found genetic evidence that modern humans have inherited DNA from two previously unidentified extinct populations for which there are at present no known fossils.

We've known for a while that some Neanderthals and early modern humans mated; most of us still carry a small percentage of Neanderthal DNA (which may have some ill effects on us). But when exactly did ...

Modern human DNA contains genetic traces left behind by extinct human populations, including mysterious groups with little or ...

An interview about interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans, with the study’s lead author Israel Hershkovitz, of Tel Aviv University. Video provided by Tel Aviv University. Israel ...

Modern genomes preserve traces of ancient relatives that mixed with human ancestors in Africa and Eurasia.

A recent study published by the University of California, Berkeley has identified genetic traces of two previously unknown hominin species within the DNA of modern humans. The discovery was made ...

Sexual encounters between Neanderthals and ancient humans skewed in one direction—mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans. Scientists have long known that Homo sapiens interbred with ...

Neanderthals died out around 40,000 years ago, possibly due to climate change and competition and interbreeding with modern humans, but no one knows for sure. New research on one Neanderthal ...

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the likely origin of a neurological condition estimated to impact up to one per ...

This article is a summary of the key points from the article 'The "Ghost Ancestors" Sleeping in Our DNA: TRACE, a New Method to Uncover Interbreeding with Ancient Humans Without Fossils,' published on ...