What does it mean to be human? For a long time, the answer seemed clear. Our species, Homo sapiens — with our complex thoughts and deep emotions — were the only true humans to ever walk the Earth.

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only in bones, but in the dirt beneath their feet. By treating cave sediments ...

A new Neanderthal DNA study suggests interbreeding between modern humans and Neanderthals favored pairings of female humans ...

We wanted to see if Ancestry can actually reveal a person’s family history and what records were available in its database, ...