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

A new DNA study reveals that dark skin was common among early Europeans for much longer than previously believed. Pale skin ...

Discovered in 1998, the skeleton of the Lapedo child, a hybrid between modern humans and Neanderthals, has long intrigued ...

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

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.

Learn about the new proposal for the origins of modern humans, suggesting that our species is a genetic combination of two ...

For decades, the predominant view of human evolution held that Homo sapiens emerged in Africa between 200,000 and 300,000 ...