Before modern humans drove Neanderthals and other archaic humans to extinction, they interbred with them. These ancient flings, which took place around 50,000 years ago, left their mark on our DNA.

The DNA of “Cheddar Man,” a man who lived over 10,000 years ago and is believed to be the first modern Briton, revealed what the first people in Britain may have looked like thousands of years ...

The researchers also found remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans that influence conditions like type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus, biliary cirrhosis, and smoking behavior, but their ...

At least one-fifth of the Neanderthal genome may lurk within modern humans, influencing the skin and hair, as well as what diseases people have today, researchers say.

Previous studies have linked Neanderthal DNA to a big range of health conditions in modern-day people, including depression, nicotine addiction, and skin disorders.

Neanderthals died out some 30,000 years ago, but their genes live on within many of us.. DNA from our shorter, stockier cousins may be influencing skin tone, ease of tanning, hair color and ...

A DNA analysis of Britain’s oldest complete skeleton, also known as “Cheddar Man,” revealed that the first modern Britons may not have been pale, as many people may have assumed, but had ...

According to a new DNA analysis, the first modern Britons, who lived 10,000 years ago, had dark skin and curly hair. The analysis was conducted on the oldest complete skeleton in Britain, known as ...

For decades, scientists assumed that the first modern humans to arrive in Europe, around 45,000 years ago, quickly evolved pale skin to adapt to the region’s dim sunlight. The logic seemed ...

The oldest ever DNA relating to modern humans has been discovered, but while it shows they arrived in Europe from Africa in small groups and mixed with Neanderthals more than 45,000 years ago ...

An analysis of genetic material from Neandertal remains from Spain, Croatia and Siberia suggests that the populations of this extinct hominid species were small and isolated compared with those of ...