Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

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.

While scientists know humans (homo sapiens) emerged in Africa around ... MailOnline's graphic below shows this 'hidden chapter' in human evolution spanning from 1.5 million years ago (top) until ...

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.

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

Chris Stringer, a research leader in human evolution at London’s Natural History Museum, said the discovery was a “very ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals Homo sapiens descended from two ancestral groups, not one. This complex origin story ...

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.

Yuval Noah Harari, the “Israeli” historian and acclaimed author best known for his seminal book Sapiens: A Brief History of ...

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.