Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Scientists have uncovered a “hidden chapter” in the history of human evolution and it turns out it’s much more complex than previously thought. It’s known that modern day humans, known scientifically ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Utilizing sophisticated analyses grounded in complete genome sequences, researchers at the University of Cambridge have ...

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the moon and ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environments and with no means ...

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

Studies have suggested that genes under strong sexual selection tend to evolve rapidly, particularly those associated with ...