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.

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

A picture taken on March 26, 2018 shows a moulding of a Neanderthal man face displayed for the Neanderthal exhibition at the ...

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

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

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, according to a new University of Cambridge study that includes a table ranking ...

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

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

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