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

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

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

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.

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

OUR ancestors were making tools out of bones 1.5 million years ago, winding back the clock for this important moment in human ...

Learn more about how Paranthropus robustus lived 2 million years ago, an evolutionary cousin to humans.

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

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.

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