A new study suggests preeclampsia, a deadly pregnancy disorder, may have contributed to Neanderthal extinction.

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A new radiocarbon reassessment has established that the so-called Lapedo child from central Portugal was buried approximately ...

Preeclampsia, a complication of pregnancy that involves high blood pressure, could have led to a decline in Neanderthals' ...

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

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens.

For instance, a Neanderthal variant of a gene called H19 may have heightened their risk of hypertension, thus exacerbating the symptoms of preeclampsia. Other Neanderthal genes that regulate ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

Neanderthals disappeared from the fossil record approximately 40,000 years ago. Their extinction was a gradual process over thousands of years, and theories as to why include competition with modern ...

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

In life, this Neanderthal family from Northern Spain struggled as their species declined. In death, bone evidence shows they became food for another Neanderthal group. NOVA is available to stream on ...

The French paleoanthropologist discusses his book ‘The Last Neanderthal,’ and provides clues about his latest discovery: ...