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

A stunning discovery in China is shaking up what we thought we knew about human evolution. Scientists have uncovered a ...

Evidence of one of the smallest - and perhaps unluckiest - early human relatives has been found in South Africa, according to ...

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

Analysis - Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing over 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer ...

Analysis - The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an ... last 20 years has been that modern humans first appeared in Africa some 200,000–300,000 years ago, descended from a single ...

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.

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