Neanderthals passed along a gene variant to modern humans that can make some people buff, a new study finds.

Neanderthals were generally more strongly built than most people living today. Their bones show signs of large muscles, and ...

It’s no secret that modern humans and Neanderthals interbred: most of the world’s population today has around 1 or 2 percent of Neanderthal DNA. Now a new study suggests that, for some of us, our ...

A Neanderthal-derived growth hormone receptor still carried by some people today appears to amplify growth-related signals in cells.

Millions carry a Neanderthal gene that builds extra muscle—scientists just discovered how it works.

Now, a new study suggests that Neanderthals might even be influencing our muscles. Among modern people who carry a ...

Genetic analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton from southern France has reshaped the story of how Europe’s last Neanderthals lived and died. The individual, nicknamed “Thorin,” belonged to a previously ...

Deep in the Vârghiș Gorges, tucked away in the dark recesses of a cave, researchers have found the first evidence that Neanderthals used bone tools in Romania.

A new study suggests Neanderthals didn’t go extinct simply because of climate change or competition with Homo sapiens. Instead, the key difference may have been social connectivity—Homo sapiens formed ...