While Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived near each other and likely interacted, they usually preferred living in slightly ...

New contact zone: Studies identify the Zagros Mountains as a high-probability meeting ground for humans and Neanderthals, offering resources for long-term cohabitation. Shifting migration map: The ...

For years, the standard story went like this: a single band of modern humans walked out of Africa roughly 60,000 years ago, ...