I heard a story about a middle-aged woman some time ago. She was a mother of four and possessed a laugh that could brighten the dimmest room. Unfortunately, she had spent months ignoring a persistent, ...

Did modern humans erase Neanderthals, or did our close cousins fade away for reasons that had little to do with us? A pair of major papers in Science and Nature on Dec. 12, 2024, sharpen that question ...