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 ...

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

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

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern ... dolphins and gorillas—finding evidence of ancestral population structures in some (but not all) of these groups.

A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical thinking and advanced craftsmanship.

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

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

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an ... dolphins and gorillas—finding evidence of ancestral population structures in some (but not all) of these groups.