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.

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The first-ever published research out of Tinshemet Cave indicates the two human species regularly interacted and shared ...

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

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of ...

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

Recent fossil analysis is reshaping our understanding of Neanderthal origins, questioning long-held assumptions about their ...

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.

Neanderthal fossils show a major population drop 110,000 years ago. Researchers link this to reduced genetic diversity.

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.

Researchers say they may have finally discovered the key genetic change that enabled all of modern human speech.