By sequencing the genomes of dozens of people who lived between 120,000 and 20,000 years ago, researchers found that Neanderthals had a rare blood group that could have been fatal to their newborns.

The lack of variety in blood type within Neanderthals may have led them to their demise. While H. sapiens had wider diversity in blood types, which may have given them the immune system arsenal ...

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 ...

"Blood groups of Neandertals and Denisova decrypted." PLOS One . 2021. " A parsimonious neutral model suggests Neanderthal replacement was determined by migration and random species drift ." ...

If Neanderthal women mated with Homo sapiens or Denisovan men, there was a high risk of newborns having neonatal hemolytic disease. Blood incompatibility with Homo sapiens may have led to ...

When modern humans journeyed out of Africa, a rapid evolution in their red blood cells may have helped them survive — but it may have also led to the eventual disappearance of Neanderthals, a new ...

Researchers used computer models to simulate how Neanderthals may have reached the Altai Mountains in Siberia during one of two time periods: MIS 5e (around 125,000 years ago) or MIS 3 (around ...

Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) are one of our closest extinct relatives. This species lived in Eurasia until their disappearance about 40,000 years ago.

Neanderthals hunted large animals–including cave lions–but scientists know less about the smaller avian species that some ... Bronze Age nomads used cauldrons for blood sausage and yak ...