Plus: Pollinator politics take center stage.

A style of painting synonymous with Jackson Pollock today has incredibly ancient roots.

A landmark analysis reveals what we can learn from blood.

This is no ordinary fossil.

“This population is... the missing population.”

“For a very long time, it has been intensively debated on how these processes exactly occurred."

Plus: 9 extremely rare PlayStations, NASA's Hubble trouble, deep-brain stonks, and can vaccinated people party together?

A new study makes scientists revise when the Neanderthals disappeared.

Plus: The Hyperloop is destined for a place in American cultural history.

Scientists have found yet another similarity between these ancient peoples and modern humans.

Researchers studied ancient fecal samples to better understand what the Neanderthal gut microbiome might have looked like.

Recent scientific research shows how two different Neanderthal genes can confer protection against Covid-19 — as well as higher risks for severe Covid-19.

Out of the museum, and into history books.

A new study details brain organoids grown with the Neanderthal variant of NOVA1, a gene that influences neurodevelopment and function.

Scientists were finally able to sequence Y chromosomes from Denisovans and Neanderthals.

A piece of yarn is an insight into an ancient mind.

Dental records don't lie.

What Neanderthal babies looked like tells a new story.

The archaeological record confirms Neanderthal lives were anything but peaceful.

The tiniest evidence can have the biggest impact.

In this episode, we explore how human history is constantly being rewritten by new discoveries.

A coming of age story.

Scientists sequenced Neanderthal Y chromosomes, opening a new chapter in the complex history of ancient peoples.

In "Survival of the Friendliest" researchers explain why friendliness is the secret to our success.

How much do you know about our ancient human cousins?

There's a reason we're the only humans left on Earth.

"I think they were a lot like us."

The discovery "was definitely a fist bump kind of moment."

New evidence suggests Neanderthals were not inferior to anatomically modern humans as long believed.

A new discovery in Portugal adds weight to the evidence that Neanderthals were an intelligent human species.