A 5-year-old child who lived 140,000 years ago is the earliest evidence of interbreeding between the two species.

Discovered approximately 90 years ago, the fossil was reanalyzed using advanced micro-CT scanning and 3D modeling. A ...

Scientists have uncovered the world’s earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens features: a five-year-old ...

Tel Aviv, Israel — Modern humans and Neanderthals were interacting 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, according ...

JERUSALEM, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Israeli and French researchers have discovered the earliest physical evidence that Neanderthal ancient humans and modern humans not only co-existed but also had social ...

It is widely accepted that the capacity for language-like communication arose before modern humans split off from ...

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil ...

A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Israel has unveiled a 140,000-year-old fossil that reshapes our understanding of early human ...

Study applies new techniques to a fossilized child's skull found in northern Israeli cave, and finds physical characteristics of both types of humans ...

A child’s skull from Skhul Cave reveals the earliest hybrid of humans and Neanderthals, reshaping human evolution theories.

Scientists discovered signs of interbreeding between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens on a 140,000-year-old skull; 'This is the ...