A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, the time period during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans ...

The teeth are in the upper size range of what's seen in modern humans Researchers have identified the remains of the earliest known modern humans to have left Africa. New dating of fossils from ...

About 650,000 years ago, modern humans diverged from Neanderthals and Denisovans. Interbreeding events have occurred more than once, providing opportunities for shared genetic traits. At least one ...

"It has been clear for some time that anatomically modern humans appeared in Africa roughly 200,000 years ago," said Prof Vanessa Hayes, a geneticist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in ...

It has long been known that modern humans and Neanderthals interbred quite a bit, and repeatedly at that. However, most recent findings have found that our ancestors were a lot more adventurous ...