Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Modern humans may owe more to Neanderthals than just a few genetic quirks, and in at least one case, that inheritance might come ...

Neanderthals' brains were not the reason behind their extinction, suggests a shocking new study. Scientists believed that there were differences in terms of intelligence and cognitive abilities of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient skull Significant brain defects known as Chiari malformations could be down to the genes some of us have inherited from ...

An international study of infant remains from 50,000–75,000 years ago has provided new evidence about the developmental ...

If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to blame. These are common symptoms of Chiari malformations, structural defects ...

A tiny portion of the human genome may have had a surprisingly large impact on our ability to develop language. New research ...

One idea given for the mysterious disappearance of Neanderthals around 40,000 years ago is a difference in brain power compared with early modern humans (Homo sapiens), who invaded their territory in ...

Neanderthals that interbred with our ancestors may have passed on DNA that causes some people to develop a potentially fatal condition where the brain bulges out of the skull, a new study finds. The ...

A tiny set of ancient genetic “switches” may have played a surprisingly large role in making human language possible.

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right moment. A new study suggests that part of that story reaches far back into ...

Modern humans may owe more to Neanderthals than just a few genetic quirks, and in at least one case, that inheritance might come with serious health risks. A new study suggests that Chiari ...