Scientists uncovered how ancient blood groups helped Homo sapiens as compared to Neanderthals in their survival and spread ...

Was blood a factor in the demise of the Neanderthals? New research is showing that Homo sapiens underwent huge changes in their blood groups after leaving Africa, between 70,000 and 45,000 years ago, ...

Neanderthal blood types may have made them ill-equipped to deal with infectious diseases.

This jawbone has been discovered with other remains of Homo sapiens dating back some 300,000 years. This group displays physical features that are similar to both modern humans and Neanderthals.( ...

A group of scientists has found clues in blood groups that explain how modern humans managed to survive and expand from ...

One of the great mysteries of human evolution is the intermediate step represented by the presence of Neanderthals for ...

"Neanderthals have an Rh blood group that is very rare in modern humans ... the team found in the Denisovans or the early Homo sapiens in their study. "For any case of inbreeding of a Neanderthal ...

While it is generally accepted that the forerunner to Homo sapiens - Homo erectus - left Africa about 1.5 million years ago to populate other parts of the world, there are two main theories about ...

Our human evolution expert Professor Chris Stringer, who has been studying Neanderthals and Homo sapiens for about 50 years, tackles the big question of whether we belong to the same species. Everyone ...

"Neanderthals have an Rh blood group that is very rare in modern humans," study lead ... not compatible with the variants the team found in the Denisovans or the early Homo sapiens in their study.