Yet despite this growing interest in consciousness, the million-dollar question remains: does the stoned ape theory have any ...

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

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...

Genes from the minority population, particularly those related to brain function, may have played a crucial role in human evolution, says Trevor Cousins.

Scientists have revealed a hidden chapter in human evolution, showing our origins trace back to the interbreeding of two ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals Homo sapiens descended from two ancestral groups, not one. This complex origin story ...

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

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

(that’s us) did not descend from a neat, single lineage. Instead, modern humans can link their heritage back to at least two ...

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