Most people today have a little Neanderthal DNA sprinkled through their genome. Exactly what these interactions looked like is a mystery, but a new study suggests that when our species and ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens.

Neanderthal males had a tendency to mate with human females, new research suggests.

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A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia. Genomic research by members of Sarah Tishkoff's lab at the University of ...

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

To uncover these surprising sexual preferences, researchers examined the sex chromosomes of both modern humans and Neanderthals. In females, these consist of a pair of X chromosomes, while males ...