Researchers have found surprising links that show that Neanderthal ancestry influences our immune system today in ways more nuanced than previously recognized. Their work is published in the journal ...

For thousands of years, our understanding of Neanderthals painted them as brute-force hunters, powerful, relentless, and single-mindedly carnivorous. They chased mammoths across frozen plains, brought ...

The Aussie comedian’s mockumentary series sees him take one-line pitches and build bizarre cinematic masterpieces ...

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Research suggests Neanderthals likely had a wide range of skin and hair pigmentation rather than one fixed appearance. Some populations, especially in more northern regions, may have had lighter skin, ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

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Humans' near-universal right-handedness, unlike other primates, is now understood. An Oxford study reveals this trait evolved ...

If you’re a lefty and have ever felt excluded from the right-handed club as you write a letter, throw a ball, or wield a ...

The legacy of Neandertals in modern people has often been framed as a genetic gift for fighting infection. This time, the ...

Bones that were found during an excavation in Lake Lillian, Minnesota, on Wednesday may be "archaeological and indigenous," ...

An anthropologist says the skeleton discovered near Savannah Guthrie's missing mother's home in early May may be 1,000 years old.