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

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

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

particularly those related to brain function and neural processing, may have played a crucial role in human evolution," said Cousins. The study also found that genes inherited from the second ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

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

A deep-rooted population structure emerged, suggesting modern humans, Homo sapiens, are the result of a population that split ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

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