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

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

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 ...

The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in ...

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.

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

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.

While Silicon Valley dreams of sleek, uniform progress, India opts for a patchwork quilt stitched together with hope, ...

A novel genetic model suggests that the ancestors of modern humans came from two distinct populations that split and reconnected during our evolutionary history.

The precise timeline of Homo sapiens' evolution in Africa remains uncertain. However, current fossil and genetic evidence suggests that modern humans and Neanderthals diverged at least 500,000 ...