Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Researchers Oana Teodora Moldovan and Silviu Constantin from the "Emil Racovita" Institute of Speleology of the Romanian Academy recently signed an article in Nature journal, together with an international team of archaeologists and speleologists, that shows that there was a genetic transfer, resulting from the interbreeding between the Neanderthals and the first anatomically modern humans to a

The findings of excavations at the Bacho Kiro cave near Dryanovo in central Bulgaria suggest that the chronological overlap between humans and Neanderthals was longer than previously thought, said an article published in the science journal Nature on Monday.

Humans have unusually globular (or round) skulls and brains compared to our ancient ancestors -- including our closest extinct cousins the Neanderthals -- and a new study provides a possible explanation as to why, reports CNN. 

The Athens Science Festival (ASF) opens its door to public on Tuesday at the City of Athens Technopolis Centre in Gazi, for the third consecutive year, running from 5 to 10 April with a focus on “Evolving with Science”.