Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

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

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

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

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

Imagine the scene, around 3 million years ago in what is now east Africa. By the side of a river, an injured antelope keels ...

Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The ...

The bone tools were created the same way tools were made from stone.

Explore the origins of human language and its capacity dating back at least 135,000 years, reshaping how we interact.

A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

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