FILE: Reconstructions of a Neanderthal man, left, and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany, March 2009 ...

Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.

Scientists say DNA evidence indicates male Neanderthals and human females interbred more often than opposite ...

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on ...

The human genome is a rich, complex record of migration, encounters, and inheritance written over thousands of millennia.

Geneticists have found an interesting pattern in how early humans and Neanderthals interbred—and it wasn't balanced.

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.

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

By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

Most people of non-African ancestry carry about 2% Neanderthal DNA, and researchers report a mirror image pattern with more human DNA on the Neanderthal X chromosome.

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

The findings may reveal new insights into early human mating preferences ...